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Education program

Education program

  • Tuesday, April 1, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Prostate Artery Embolization: What's New in 2025
    Coordinator: Samdeep Mouli, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Coordinator: Raj Ayyagari, MD, FSIR – Boston Medical Center
    EmbolizationLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Bone and Soft Tissue Interventions: From Simple to Complex
    Coordinator: Sean Tutton, MD – UCSD HEALTH
    Coordinator: Brandon M. Key, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Interventional OncologyLevel 100 (beginner)Categorical CourseMedical Students
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    All Paths Lead Through Dosimetry: A Overview of the Ever-evolving Science of Dosimetry in Y90
    Coordinator: Nora Tabori, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Coordinator: Shamar Young, MD – University of Arizona
    Interventional OncologyLevel 300 (advanced)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Top 5 Pain Procedures for Interventional Radiologists
    Coordinator: J. David Prologo, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Coordinator: Neil J. Resnick, MD, FSIR – UMass Chan Medical School
    Pain Management/MSKLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Interventional Radiology in the Management of Bile Duct and Gallbladder Diseases
    Coordinator: Ahsun Riaz, MD – Northwestern University
    Coordinator: Nariman Nezami, MD (he/him/his) – Georgetown University Medical Center
    Nonvascular InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Treatment of Femoral-Popliteal Disease
    Coordinator: Saher Sabri, MD, FSIR – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Coordinator: Luke R. Wilkins, MD, FSIR – University of Virginia
    PAD/Arterial InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Mimics of Vascular Anomalies
    Coordinator: Gulraiz Chaudry, MD – Boston Children's Hospital
    Coordinator: Jay H. Shah, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Pediatric InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension: How much do we really know?
    Coordinator: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Interventional Radiology Division
    Coordinator: George Behrens, MD – VIR Chicago
    Portal HypertensionLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Essentials of IR Coding and the Revenue Cycle
    Coordinator: Joseph M. Miller, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    Coordinator: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Practice DevelopmentLevel 100 (beginner)Categorical CourseMedical Students
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Life Changing Stories in the Diagnosis and Workup of Venous Disease: Superficial, Deep, Pelvic Venous, Lymphedema
    Coordinator: Sara Smolinski-Zhao, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Coordinator: Teodora Bochnakova, MD – Oregon Health and Science University
    Venous InterventionsLevel 100 (beginner)Categorical CourseMedical Students
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Tuesday Plenary Session: I owe my life to IR
    Moderator: Merve Ozen, MD – Mayo Clinic Arizona
    Moderator: Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD – Stanford University
    Panelist: Philip J. Dombrowski, MD (he/him/his) – Cape cod healthcare
    Panelist: Michael J. Hallisey, MD (he/him/his) – Hartford Hospital
    Panelist: Robert Lewandowski, MD – Northwestern University, Dept. of Radiology, IR section
    Panelist: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    General IRPlenary Session
     Earn 1 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Genitourinary Embolization: Tips & Tricks
    Coordinator: David Field, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
    Coordinator: John Do, MD – Los Angeles General Medical Center
    EmbolizationLevel 200 (intermediate)Angio-club Workshop
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Thyroid RFA and Goiter Embolization: Multi-D Panel
    Coordinator: Alan Alper Sag, MD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Coordinator: Timothy Huber, MD – Jefferson Radiology
    Gastrointestinal InterventionsLevel 100 (beginner)Categorical CourseMedical Students
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    HCC Staging and Treatment Options
    Coordinator: Edward Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Health System
    Coordinator: Nora Tabori, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Interventional OncologyLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    New and Trendy: Is It Worth It?
    Coordinator: Amy R. Deipolyi, MD, PhD, FSIR – West Virginia University
    Coordinator: Charles Martin, III, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Nonvascular InterventionsLevel 300 (advanced)Categorical Course
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Maximizing Productivity: Simple Cases/Services to Fill OBL/ASC Downtime
    Coordinator: Kamal Morar, MD, MBA – Morar Medical
    Coordinator: Keerthi Prasad, MD (he/him/his) – Embolix
    Office-based ProceduresLevel 300 (advanced)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Tips and tricks from experts around the World
    Coordinator: Constantino Pena, MD – Florida International Universirty and University of South Florida
    Coordinator: Felipe Nasser, PhD – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    PAD/Arterial InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Angio-club Workshop
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    The Big Game in PAD: Tackling Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs)
    Coordinator: Brian J. Schiro, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute / Radiology Associates of South Florida
    Coordinator: Raisa Durrani, MD – Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
    PAD/Arterial InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    The "New" IR Private Practice: The Diverse IR Practice Job Landscape in 2025
    Coordinator: Lawrence (Rusty) V. Hofmann, MD, FSIR – Stanford University Medical Center
    Coordinator: Theresa Caridi, MD, FSIR – University of Alabama At Birmingham
    Practice DevelopmentLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Transplant Interventions in the Liver Transplant Patient
    Coordinator: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Interventional Radiology Division
    Coordinator: Philip D. Orons, DO, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Transplant InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical Course
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Advanced IVC Filter Retrieval
    Coordinator: William Kuo, MD – Stanford University Medical Center
    Coordinator: Nicole Keefe, MD – University of North Carolina
    Venous InterventionsLevel 200 (intermediate)Categorical CourseIR physicians
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Diversification of the IR Workforce Townhall
    Coordinator: William Alago, Jr., MD, FSIR – Memorial Sloan-Kettering Westchester
    Panelist: Mikhail C.S.S Higgins, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – The Bahamas Fibroid & Interventional Clinic (BFIC)
    Panelist: Hirschel McGinnis, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth
    Panelist: Elizabeth Ann Ignacio, MD, FACR, FSIR – Hawaii Medical Association
    Panelist: Dania Daye, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    General IRSIR Connect TownhallURM
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    WIR: Navigating the Female Medical Career
    Coordinator: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Coordinator: Amy C. Taylor, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    General IRSection ProgrammingWIR
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    ECS: Navigating the Early Years - Sharing Experiences and Insights
    Coordinator: Lei Yu, MD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Coordinator: Merve Ozen, MD – Mayo Clinic Arizona
    General IRLevel 100 (beginner)Section ProgrammingECS
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    What could SIR do to support your professional development?
    Coordinator: Jason C. Hoffmann, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – New York University Long Island School of Medicine
    Coordinator: Jaimin Shah, MD, MBA, RPVI (he/him/his) – Morristown Hospital
    Panelist: Aparna Annam, DO, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado
    Panelist: Nicole Lamparello, MD – New York-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical College
    SIR Connect Townhall
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    How to become an IR Department? Necessary steps, potential benefits and cons (if any)?
    Coordinator: Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR – Rush University Medical Center
    Panelist: John Kaufman, MD, FSIR, MS – Dotter Interventional Institute
    Panelist: Govindarajan Narayanan, MD, FSIR – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    Panelist: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    SIR Connect Townhall
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Disparities in IR Education and steps towards standardization of IR curriculum
    Coordinator: Shams Iqbal, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Coordinator: Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Panelist: Robert Lewandowski, MD – Northwestern University, Dept. of Radiology, IR section
    Panelist: Matthew Johnson, MD – Indiana University
    Panelist: Brian Stainken, MD – Self employed
    Panelist: Ethel G. Rivas Zuleta, MD (she/her/hers) – Iberoamerican Society of Interventional Radiology
    Panelist: Shuvro H. Roy-Choudhury, MD, MBBS – NH Group of hospitals India
    Panelist: Kelvin Hong, MD, FSIR – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Panelist: Saher Sabri, MD, FSIR – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Panelist: Sanjeeva Kalva, MD, FACR, FSIR, MBBS, RPVI (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    SIR Connect Townhall
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    How to build a service line: example is the Portal Hypertension Center of Excellence
    Coordinator: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Interventional Radiology Division
    Panelist: Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University
    Panelist: Philip D. Orons, DO, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    SIR Connect Townhall
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    The Endgame: What Will I Do When I Hang Up My Lead?
    Coordinator: Priya Mody, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina
    Coordinator: Richard B. Towbin, MD, FACR, FSIR (he/him/his) – Phoenix Children's Hospital
    SIR Connect Townhall
     Earn 1 CME
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    JVIR Artificial Intelligence Workshop
    Coordinator: Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD – Stanford University
    Speaker: James Anibal – University of Oxford
    Speaker: Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD – Stanford University
    General IRCategorical CourseJVIR
     Earn 1 CME