Rusty Hofmann

We are proud to announce the first winner of the Wysdom SIR 2026 Case Challenge: Dr. James Duncan from @WashUMedMIR   His submission on the Central Venous Catheter technique was recognized for its clarity, structure, and the kind of feedback residents can genuinely learn from. It is exactly the standard we built Wysdom to enable. We cannot wait to see what you film with your new Meta glasses. Congratulations, Dr. Duncan. Two more winners will be announced later this week. Stay tuned. Watch the video on Wysdom: medicalwysdom.ai/products/pearl… #MedicalWysdom #SIR2026 #InterventionalRadiology #MedicalEducation #ResidencyTraining #CaseEvaluation #MedEd

Ben Horowitz: “Nobody was born a great manager. It’s a very unnatural job.” “Startups get really hard when the product gets into market… When you’re building the product, it’s all good. How’s your startup? It’s doing fantastic - we’re building a product, it’s going to be great, it’s so genius, everybody I tell about it kisses me on the lips and says it’s wonderful. But then you get in the market and nobody wants it. Then it gets real hard, real fast.” So the first job for any startup founder is build a great product. “If you can’t build a great product, it doesn’t matter if you can build a great company.” But once you’ve built a great product, your goal becomes building a great company. And to build a great company, you have to become a great manager, which Ben argues is a learned skill: “Nobody was born a great manager… It’s a very unnatural job… But as CEO, as a manager, that’s what you have to do - you have to evaluate people’s performance. You have to correct them. You have to make sure they’re on task. And those kinds of motions, you have to learn how to do them, and you have to learn how to do them in a way that everybody doesn’t hate you all the time.” Video source: @ECorner (2014)

New Pearl:  Bleeding Patient at 2:30am - How to Handle @rustyhofmannMD  from Stanford outlines his "6 Cs" and specific protocols for presenting and managing critical after-hours emergencies. Watch the full case on all platforms ...  #InterventionalRadiology #NightCall #IRad

New Pearl: What NOT to do when deploying an IVC filter! @SeanTutton , MD (UCSD) breaks down key techniques for safe IVC filter placement. Includes a snippet inside this Chalk Talk. Watch the full case on all platforms - link in bio   #InterventionalRadiology #IVCFilter #MedEd

@rustyhofmannMD  just launched the Wysdom SIR Challenge Submit raw procedural clips (tips, setups). We handle the editing. You get the credit. Prizes: 🥇$1k Stipend 🥈$750  🥉$250 +  Meta Glasses for all Deadline: Feb 13. Enter: f.mtr.cool/ykittjghvl #IRad #MedEd #SIR2026

Peter Thiel on the question he asks every startup founder he invests in “Why will the 20th talented person join your company when they can get paid way more at Google, they will have to work way less hard at Google, and it will look better on their resume to go to Google?” The 20th employee won’t get the equity or prestige that someone on the founding team will get, so there needs to be another incentive if you’re going to build a truly great company and attract the best people in the world. Thiel believes the best answer is something along the lines of: “This is the only place in the world where you can work on this incredibly important problem.” He continues: “It has to—on some dimension—be a really important problem that at least some people think is the most important problem in the world. Those are the kind of businesses that are unique, and when they work, they end up being leaders in their respective markets.” If it’s a problem that a bunch of other team are working on, it will be hard to attract a truly world-class employee #20. Video source: @PandoDaily (2012)

Don't forget! Register bit.ly/3JbrMG2 for tomorrow's virtual webinar (7 pm EST) "To stent or not to stent below the Inguinal Ligament, that is the question" w/ Drs @rustyhofmannMD, @DrSteveElias, Sheila Blumberg, Tony Gasparis & Nicos Labropoulos. @VenousSymposium

Congrats @MarcMelcherMD! Well deserved

In Barcelona at Paradiso (one of the top 10 bars in the world) with colleagues at @cirsesociety Bonus points if you can name more than 5 people! @CVIR_Journal @JVIRmedia. Great representation from past and present @Stanford_IR trainees!