Current and Future Needs for Interventional Radiologists in Saudi Arabia: Position Statement by the Saudi Interventional Radiology Society-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Current and Future Needs for Interventional Radiologists in Saudi Arabia: Position Statement by the Saudi Interventional Radiology Society

Published:2023-01 Issue:01 Volume:07 Page:044-048
ISSN:2542-7075
Container-title:The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology
language:en
Short-container-title:The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology

Author:

AlSafran Zakariya A.¹,Arabi Mohammad²^ORCID,Alsafran Fahad S.³,Ashour Majed A.⁴,Justaniah Almamoon I.⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Interventional Radiology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

2. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging, King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

3. Department of Medical Imaging, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

4. Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Radiology Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

AbstractSaudi Arabia has gone through a huge expansion in the medical services, which increased the demand for interventional radiologist (IR) services. However, the current number of IRs is considerably less than the needed number, which poses a challenge to provide a 24/7 IR service coverage. The shortage may improve in the future, but it will continue through 2030 despite the successful local fellowship training program.

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/pdf/10.1055/s-0043-57042.pdf

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