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Education program

The SIR 2026 program presents a diverse range of outstanding educational sessions, scientific research, poster presentations, networking opportunities, and industry insights. Start planning your personalized SIR 2026 experience by exploring the programming. Attendees will receive the latest updates on both basic and clinical research, discover new techniques and technologies used by interventional radiologists worldwide, see the newest IR equipment, and discuss crucial social, political, and economic issues affecting the IR community.

Education program

  • Sunday, April 12, 2026
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM ET
    Ziv J Haskal Editor's Writing Club: IRs-in-Training
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Chronic Venous Disease
    Coordinator: Gerry J. O'Sullivan, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Galway
    Coordinator: Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
    Categorical CourseVenous Interventions200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Controversies in Portal Hypertension Diagnosis and Management
    Coordinator: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Interventional Radiology Division
    Coordinator: Bartley Thornburg, MD – Northwestern University
    Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension300 (advanced)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Treatment of Femoropopliteal Disease
    Coordinator: Constantino Pena, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    Coordinator: Nicholas Petruzzi, MD, FSIR – Vascular Institute of Atlantic Medical Imaging
    Categorical CourseArterial Interventions and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)200 (intermediate)Virtual
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Lymphatic IR: From the Basics to the Challenging
    Coordinator: Bill Majdalany, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Vermont Medical Center
    Coordinator: Sara Smolinski-Zhao, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Categorical CourseNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Cosmetics in the Interventional Radiology World
    Coordinator: Abbas Chamsuddin, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – St George University of Beirut
    Coordinator: Neda Vanden Bosch, MD (she/her/hers) – VBoutique Asthetics and Wellness
    Categorical CourseNonvascular InterventionsWomen's Health200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Creating an OBL: A Step-by-Step Guide
    Coordinator: Amin Astani, MD, MBA – North Star Vascular and Interventional
    Coordinator: Christopher Goettl, MD, MBA – Vascular & Interventional Partners
    Categorical CourseOBL and ASC Procedures200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Emerging Indications for Percutaneous Ablation
    Coordinator: Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of California
    Coordinator: Sarah B. White, MD, FACR, FSIR, MS – Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin
    Angio-club WorkshopInterventional Oncology200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Radioembolization - Next Level
    Coordinator: Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University, Dept. of Radiology, IR section
    Coordinator: Edward Kim, MD – Mount Sinai Health System
    Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology300 (advanced)Virtual
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    Robotics and Augmented Reality in Real-World IR Practice
  • 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    IR Training: What Should the Intern Year Look Like?
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Musculoskeletal Oncology
    Coordinator: Jack Jennings, MD, PhD – Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
    Coordinator: Daniel J. Holzwanger, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Angio-club WorkshopInterventional Oncology200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    My Best Save 1
    Coordinator: Baljendra Kapoor, MD, MBA – Michigan Medicine
    Coordinator: Jonathan Lorenz, MD, FSIR – The University of Chicago
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Embolization M&M: Learning from Others’ Mishaps
    Coordinator: Jason Wong, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre
    Coordinator: David Valenti, MD, FSIR – McGill University
    Angio-club WorkshopEmbolization300 (advanced)Virtual
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Interventional Management of Acute VTE
    Coordinator: Rex M. Pillai, MD (he/him/his) – UC Davis Medical Center
    Coordinator: Kyle J. Cooper, MD, FSIR, RPVI – Loma Linda University
    Angio-club WorkshopVenous Interventions100 (beginner)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Complex Dialysis Scenarios and pAVF Updates
    Coordinator: Quinn Meisinger, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – UC San Diego
    Coordinator: Bart Dolmatch, MD – PAMF and El Camino Hospital
    Angio-club WorkshopRenal and GU300 (advanced)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Advanced Renal Ablation
    Coordinator: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Kentucky
    Coordinator: Timothy McClure, MD, MS – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Angio-club WorkshopRenal and GUInterventional Oncology300 (advanced)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Innovating Women’s Health: Interventional Solutions from Cancer to Pain
    Coordinator: Kenneth Tomkovich, MD, FSIR – Princeton University
    Coordinator: Amy R. Deipolyi, MD, PhD, FSIR – West Virginia University
    Angio-club WorkshopWomen's Health200 (intermediate)
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Plugged to Unplugged: PAD Thrombectomy
    Coordinator: Alex Powell, MD, FSIR – MCVI
    Coordinator: Ansar Z. Vance, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania
    Angio-club WorkshopArterial Interventions and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)200 (intermediate)Virtual
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Why PAD?
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Optimizing Integrated IR Residency Training
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Introduction to Fibroids, Fertility, and the Future: Emerging IR Therapies in Women’s Health
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    APPs in Leadership
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    JVIR Publishing Ethics
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    The Real World: What IR Jobs Are REALLY Like
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Proving Our Worth: How IRs Demonstrate Value Across Practice Models
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Pulmonary Embolism: Evolving Guidelines and Clinical Practice
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    IR Call in Small, Rural and Underserved Areas – Practice Considerations for Provision of After Hours IR Service Incl Payment, Contracting, Workforce and Quality and Safety
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Robotics in Interventional Radiology
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Late Career: What's Your Second Act (Redux)
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Developing Recommendations for an International IR Training Curriculum – Inaugural In-Person Meeting
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Failure in IR: How to Face It, Embrace It, and Create Stepping Stones to Success!
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    The State of the Integrated IR Residency: Keeping It Real- Retention & Attrition