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Episode 52: From crisis to care: How interventional radiology saved Sebastian Junger's life

Warren Krackov | Society of Interventional Radiology Season 5 Episode 52

"Dr. Wilson asked my permission to put a line into my jugular ... I didn't understand why. I said, 'You mean, in case there's an emergency?' and he said "No, this ... THIS is the emergency." —Best-selling author Sebastian Junger, on the spontaneous rupture of his pancreatico-duodenal artery aneurysm

In this episode, host Warren Krackov, MD, FSIR, speaks with Sebastian Junger, author of In My Time of Dying, The Perfect Storm and more, about his near-death experience; with Philip J. Dombrowski, MD, the attending interventional radiologist who saved his life; and with Michael J. Hallisey, MD, FSIR, the IR who first shared the story on SIR Connect.


Related resources:

  • In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife, Mr. Junger's new book about his near-death experience Amazon
  • "A book that features NDE and IR," Dr. Hallisey's SIR Connect post about how the new book spotlights IR Read


Contact us with your ideas and questions, or read more about about interventional radiology in IR Quarterly magazine or SIR's Patient Center.

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