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Original Scientific Research Sessions (CME activity)


Original Scientific Research Sessions cover a diverse array of topics, showcasing both laboratory and clinical investigations relevant to the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR). Each session lasts 7 minutes, followed by 2 minutes for questions, allowing attendees to learn from original research, uncover significant new observations, and engage with substantial work that presents clear, demonstrable results. With several sessions scheduled back-to-back, participants can expect a wealth of valuable insights and advancements in the field of vascular and interventional radiology.

Scientific sessions

  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Arterial - Peripheral
    Location: Music City Center, 205 BC
    Moderator: Mary Costantino, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Advanced Vascular Centers
    Moderator: Robert E. Beasley, MD – Palm Vascular Centers of Coral Gables
    Arterial InterventionsPeripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)Scientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Biliary Interventions
    Location: Music City Center, 205 A
    Moderator: John B. Smirniotopoulos, MD, MS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Moderator: Jorge Lopera, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – UT Health Science Center in San Antonio
    Scientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Ablation 1
    Location: Music City Center, 209 ABC
    Moderator: Edward Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Health System
    Moderator: Suvranu Ganguli, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Y90 1
    Location: Music City Center, 207 CD
    Moderator: Nora Tabori, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Moderator: Siddharth Padia, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology 1
    Location: Music City Center, 208 AB
    Moderator: Ghassan El-Haddad, MD – Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
    Moderator: Emil I. Cohen, MD, FSIR – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Late Breaking Abstracts
    Location: Music City Center, 201 AB
    Moderator: Kumar Madassery, MD – Rush University Medical Center, Rush Oak Park
    Moderator: Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR – Duke University
    Scientific SessionLate Breaking Abstracts
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    MSK Interventions
    Location: Music City Center, 207 AB
    Moderator: Sean Tutton, MD – UCSD HEALTH
    Moderator: Douglas Beall, MD, FSIR – Comprehensive Specialty Care
    Pain Management/MSKScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Portal Hypertension 1
    Location: Music City Center, 202 A
    Moderator: Wael Saad, MD – University of Utah
    Moderator: Ron C. Gaba, MD, MS – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Portal HypertensionScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Practice Development, Economics, and Quality 1
    Location: Music City Center, 204
    Moderator: Jeet Minocha, MD (he/him/his) – University of California San Diego
    Moderator: Warren Swee, MD – CLI Vascular Specialists
    Practice DevelopmentScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Venous 1
    Location: Music City Center, 202 BC
    Moderator: Vivian Bishay, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: Adam Plotnik, MD, FSIR – UCLA
    Venous InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    AI, Machine Learning, Simulation, and Imaging 1
    Location: Music City Center, 205 A
    Moderator: Seetharam Chadalavada, MD, FSIR, MS – University of Cincinnati | UC Health
    Moderator: Colin McCarthy, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Scientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Arterial - Aortic and Mesenteric
    Location: Music City Center, 205 BC
    Moderator: Parag J. Patel, MD, FSIR, MS – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Moderator: Constantino Pena, MD – Florida International Universirty and University of South Florida
    Arterial InterventionsEmbolizationScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Embolization - VM and Miscellaneous
    Location: Music City Center, 202 A
    Moderator: Shankar Rajeswaran, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Moderator: Jessie Stewart, MD (she/her/hers) – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Scientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    General IR 1
    Location: Music City Center, 207 CD
    Moderator: Jennifer Buckley, MD, MBA – Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
    Moderator: Abbas Chamsuddin, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – St George University of Beirut
    General IRScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Y90 2
    Location: Music City Center, 208 AB
    Moderator: Siddharth Padia, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Moderator: Nora Tabori, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology 2
    Location: Music City Center, 209 ABC
    Moderator: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Alabama At Birmingham
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Pain Management 1
    Location: Music City Center, 207 AB
    Moderator: J. David Prologo, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Susie Park, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center
    Pain Management/MSKScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Portal Hypertension 2
    Location: Music City Center, 204
    Moderator: Bartley Thornburg, MD – Northwestern Medicine
    Moderator: Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University
    Portal HypertensionScientific SessionFeatured Abstract
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Pulmonary Embolism
    Location: Music City Center, 201 AB
    Moderator: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Moderator: Akhilesh Sista, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Arterial InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Venous 2
    Location: Music City Center, 202 BC
    Moderator: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Brian Holly, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Venous InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    AI, Machine Learning, Simulation, and Imaging 2
    Location: Music City Center, 202 BC
    Moderator: David A. Woodrum, MD, PhD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Younes Jahangiri, MD – Corewell Health West Michigan
    Scientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Embolization
    Location: Music City Center, 201 AB
    Moderator: Assaf Graif, MD (he/him/his) – ChristianaCare
    Moderator: R. Torrance Andrews, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    EmbolizationScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    General IR 2
    Location: Music City Center, 207 CD
    Moderator: Naganathan Mani, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Moderator: Christopher Molvar, MD – Loyola University Medical Center
    General IRScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Ablation 2
    Location: Music City Center, 208 AB
    Moderator: Kent Sato, MD, FSIR – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Moderator: Resmi Charalel, MD, MPH – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Interventional OncologyGeneral IRScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - TACE
    Location: Music City Center, 209 ABC
    Moderator: Gloria L. Hwang, MD – Stanford University Medical Center
    Moderator: Chinmay Kulkarni, MD, MBBS – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
    Interventional OncologyEmbolizationScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology 3
    Location: Music City Center, 207 AB
    Moderator: Rahul A. Sheth, MD, FSIR – MD Anderson
    Moderator: Shamar Young, MD – University of Arizona
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    JVIR Award-Winning Papers Scientific Session
    Location: Music City Center, 205 BC
    Moderator: Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD – Stanford University
    Scientific SessionJVIR
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Practice Development, Economics, and Quality 2
    Location: Music City Center, 205 A
    Moderator: Charles Martin, III, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Moderator: Kimberly L. Scherer, DO – Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian
    Practice DevelopmentScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Prostate 1
    Location: Music City Center, 204
    Moderator: Samdeep Mouli, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Moderator: Ari Isaacson, MD, FSIR – IR Centers
    Men's HealthEmbolizationInterventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Transplant Interventions
    Location: Music City Center, 202 A
    Moderator: Eric J. Hohenwalter, MD, FSIR – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Arterial InterventionsTransplant InterventionsVenous InterventionsGastrointestinal InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    8:00 AM – 8:30 AM CT
    Abstracts of the Year and Best Posters Recognition
    Location: Music City Center, General Session Hall B
    Moderator: Kumar Madassery, MD – Rush University Medical Center, Rush Oak Park
    Moderator: Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR – Rush University Medical Center
    General IRScientific SessionAwardsAbstracts of the Year
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    AI, Machine Learning, Simulation, and Imaging 3
    Location: Music City Center, 202 BC
    Moderator: David Tabriz, MD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Florida Indian River Hospital
    Moderator: Mina S. Makary, MD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    General IRScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Cholangioscopy
    Location: Music City Center, 202 A
    Moderator: Ahsun Riaz, MD – Northwestern University
    Moderator: Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Gastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Embolization - PAVM and Thoracic
    Location: Music City Center, 201 AB
    Moderator: Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR – University of Chicago
    Moderator: Brian Holly, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    EmbolizationNonvascular InterventionsInterventional OncologyArterial InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Basic Science
    Location: Music City Center, 207 CD
    Moderator: Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD, FSIR – University of California
    Moderator: Clifford R. Weiss, MD – Department of Radiology, Radiological Science and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Y90 3
    Location: Music City Center, 209 ABC
    Moderator: Jordan Tasse, MD – Rush University Medical Center
    Moderator: Zeyad Metwalli, MD (he/him/his) – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Pain Management 2
    Location: Music City Center, 207 AB
    Moderator: Neil J. Resnick, MD, FSIR – UMass Chan Medical School
    Moderator: Jason Wong, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre
    Pain Management/MSKWomen's HealthScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Portal Hypertension 3
    Location: Music City Center, 208 AB
    Moderator: Jorge Lopera, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – UT Health Science Center in San Antonio
    Moderator: Maria del Pilar Bayona Molano, MD, FSIR – University of Miami
    Portal HypertensionVenous InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Prostate 2
    Location: Music City Center, 205 A
    Moderator: Sandeep Bagla, MD – IR Centers, Prostate, Hemorrhoid & Ortho Centers Network
    Moderator: Justin McWilliams, MD, FSIR – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Men's HealthScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Training and Education
    Location: Music City Center, 205 BC
    Moderator: Nicole Keefe, MD – University of North Carolina
    Moderator: Abhishek Kumar, MD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    General IRScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • Wednesday, Apr 2nd
    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Women's Health
    Location: Music City Center, 204
    Moderator: Dania Daye, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Lindsay Machan, MD, FSIR – University of British Columbia
    Women's HealthScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME