Interventional Radiologist Recruiters

What do we check before you see anyone?

ABR IR/DR certification and licensure. We screen for ABR IR/DR certification and ask about active physician licensure relevant to your location. Your team completes its own credentialing and confirms whether the candidate meets local medical staff standards. Recent procedure mix.

• We ask which embolization, interventional oncology, venous, and dialysis access cases the physician has performed recently. We also ask what they performed independently versus with another physician available.
• Case role and technical range. A case log may show volume without showing decision-making. We ask how the physician selected access, handled a difficult anatomy question, and decided when a case needed surgical or other specialty input.
• IR call. We define weekday, weekend, overnight, and transfer expectations. We ask about trauma, bleeding, drain, thrombectomy, access, and other urgent cases the candidate has covered, plus the backup available during call.
• Diagnostic work. If the position includes diagnostic radiology, we ask what studies the physician reads, how much time is assigned to reading, and whether procedural work is interrupted for diagnostic coverage. This avoids a late mismatch over daily assignments.
• Patient and referral ownership. We ask whether the physician has held clinic, managed consults, reviewed post-procedure issues, and met referring physicians. We also ask whether your group expects referral development or provides an established oncology, vascular, or hospital referral path.

Which mistakes stall the search?

A common mistake is comparing candidates by general IR title instead of asking which procedures they have recently performed without supervision. Another is offering clinic time without deciding who schedules consults, handles follow-up calls, and supports post-procedure visits. Another may perform venous work, dialysis access, and image-guided procedures with limited oncology exposure.