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Technology Showcases (Non-CME)

A practical complement to the powerhouse programming for which the Annual Scientific Meeting is known, SIR’s Technology Showcases (formally hands-on workshops) allow attendees to explore the technologies powering the specialty in a uniquely interactive learning format, guided by clinician KOLs and industry experts.

Note: Tickets are required to attend any of the sessions listed below. Add the workshops to your SIR 2025 meeting experience during the registration process. Register now

  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Advanced Skills Workshop for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Lyndsey Ritze, PA-C – Kettering Network Radiologists, Inc.
    Workshop Panelist: Angela Nash, PhD, PA-C – Mecklenburg Radiology Associates
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Arterial (Crossing, re-entry, closure, atherectomy, thrombectomy, embolic protection, renal denervation, balloons and stents) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Rex Pillai, MD – UC Davis School of Medicine
    Workshop Faculty: Ansar Z. Vance, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    Workshop Faculty: Mike Watts, MD, FSIR – Atlantic Medical Imaging
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Embolics and Delivery Systems (Radioactive, drug-eluting, bland, liquid, gel, conformable, plugs, coils) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Ghassan El-Haddad, MD – Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
    Workshop Faculty: Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR – Duke University
    Workshop Panelist: Eric Mastria, MD, PhD – Duke University
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    MSK and Pain Interventions (Ablation, Biopsy, Embolics, Pumps, Screws, SCS, VCF) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Junjian Huang, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Workshop Faculty: M. Jacob Dayan, MD, MBA – Northwell Health, Zucker School of Medicine
    Workshop Panelist: George Zlotchenko, MD – University of Colorado
    Workshop Panelist: Felix Gonzalez, MD – AdventHealth
    Workshop Panelist: Junman Kim, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    IRs-In-Training - Hands-On Device Lab​ (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Linzi Arndt Webster, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Workshop Faculty: Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Radiology
    Workshop Faculty: Jung H. Yun, MD – Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Venous Devices, Dialysis Access (EndoAVF, balloons, stents, recanalization, thrombectomy, IVC filters & retrieval, ablation, sclerosing) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Teodora Bochnakova, MD – Oregon Health and Science University
    Workshop Faculty: Ahmed M. Kamel Abdel Aal, MD, PhD, FSIR – University of Texas Health Science Center
    Workshop Faculty: Quinn Meisinger, MD (he/him/his) – UC San Diego
    Workshop Faculty: Lisa Rauschert, MD – Rush University Medical Center
    Workshop Panelist: Vincent Gallo, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell at Staten Island University Hospital
    Workshop Panelist: Jeffrey Hull, MD (he/him/his) – Aveera Medical, INC
    Workshop Panelist: Mary Meek, MD – University of Arkansas College of Medicine
    Workshop Panelist: Rishi Razdan, MD – Azura
    Workshop Panelist: Brandon Repko, MD – Butler Memorial Hospital
    Panelist: Bart Dolmatch, MD – PAMF and El Camino Hospital
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Non-Vascular Interventions, Soft-Tissue Ablation, Biopsy (Scopes, lithotripsy, baskets, feeding tubes, drains, stents, cryo, MWA, RFA, IRE, biopsy, guidance) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Rony Avritscher, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Workshop Faculty: Sanjay Misra, MD – Mayo Clinic & Foundation
    Workshop Faculty: Todd Schlachter, MD – Yale University
    Workshop Faculty: Rajesh Shah, MD – University of California San Francisco
    Workshop Panelist: Scott M. Thompson, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Radiology, Mayo Clinic
    Workshop Panelist: Anne Sailer, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Workshop Panelist: Meaghan Dendy Case, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Workshop Panelist: Andrew Marsala, II, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Workshop Panelist: John B. Smirniotopoulos, MD, MS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event
  • Tuesday, Apr 1st
    3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Portal Interventions (Access Kits, Stents) (separate registration required)
    Location: Music City Center, SIR Expo Technology Showcase Pavilion
    Workshop Faculty: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Interventional Radiology Division
    Workshop Faculty: Hector Ferral, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University, New Orleans
    Workshop Panelist: Philip D. Orons, DO, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Technology ShowcaseTicketed Event