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  • Tuesday, April 14, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM ET
    Members' Business Meeting
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM ET
    Corporate Breakfast Symposium: Redefining Embolization: Clinical Experience with GPX & Next-Gen Ionic Gel Embolics (Presented by Fluidx Medical Technology)
  • 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM ET
    Corporate Breakfast Symposium: Histotripsy in Practice: Real-World Experience, Evidence, and Future Frontiers (Presented by HistoSonics)
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    APDIR Business Meeting (per invitation only)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Advancing Interventional Oncology: Trials in Progress
    Coordinator: Kirema Garcia-Reyes, MD – Mount Sinai
    Coordinator: Venkatesh P. Krishnasamy, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology200 (intermediate)Virtual
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Embolization: New and Future Technologies and Applications
    Coordinator: Bien-Soo Tan, MBBS (he/him/his) – Singapore General Hospital
    Coordinator: Jafar Golzarian, MD – University of Minnesota
    Categorical CourseEmbolization200 (intermediate)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    IR Management of Venous Compression Syndromes (Nutcracker, Venous TOS and May-Thurner): When to Intervene
    Coordinator: Elizabeth B. Spencer, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Minimally Invasive Procedure Specialists
    Coordinator: Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Categorical CourseVenous Interventions200 (intermediate)Virtual
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Navigating the Complexities of the Liver Transplant: An IR Approach
    Coordinator: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Interventional Radiology Division
    Coordinator: Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR – Duke University
    Categorical CourseTransplant Interventions300 (advanced)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    How to Deal with Problems in an OBL: Logistical and Complex Case Challenges
    Coordinator: Bret N. Wiechmann, MD – Vascular & Interventional Physicians
    Categorical CourseOBL and ASC Procedures
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    I'd Like to Have an Argument - Adrenal Sampling and Ablation
    Coordinator: Michael Taddonio, MD – UCSD
    Coordinator: Keith Quencer, MD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University
    Categorical CourseRenal and GUVenous Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Current Understanding of the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
    Coordinator: Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital
    Coordinator: Sri Hari Sundararajan, MD – University Radiology Group / Robert Wood Johnson Universitu Hospital / St. Peter’s University University Hospital
    Categorical CourseNeurointerventional Radiology200 (intermediate)
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET
    Pediatric and Adult IR: Similar Goals, Different Pathways
    Coordinator: Aparna Annam, DO, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado
    Coordinator: Eric Monroe, MD (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin
    Categorical CoursePediatric Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM ET
    Poster Hall open
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
    WIR Governing Council (per invitation only)
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Non-Vascular Interventions, Soft-Tissue Ablation, Biopsy (Scopes, lithotripsy, baskets, feeding tubes, drains, stents, cryo, MWA, RFA, IRE, biopsy, guidance)
  • 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Venous (EndoAVF, balloons, stents, recanalization, thrombectomy, IVC filters & retrieval, ablation, sclerosing)
  • 9:15 AM - 3:15 PM ET
    Interventional Pain Skills Lab (Presented by Medtronic)
  • 9:15 AM - 3:15 PM ET
    Expo open
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM ET
    Refreshment break, visit Expo and attend corporate events
  • 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    SIR Foundation & JVIR Awards Ceremony
  • 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    Untapped Opportunities in IR: Bridging the Gap, Exploring Innovative Engagement, and Providing Tailored Mentorship Solutions
  • 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    Humanism in IR
  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Precision Delivery in PAE: The role of Sniper Balloon Occluding Microcatheter in delivering embolic materials (Presented by Siemens Healthineers and Varian, a Siemens Healthineers Company)
  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Real-time iMRI: no prior experience required (Presented by Cook Medical)
  • 9:55 AM - 10:20 AM ET
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Integrating Hemorrhoid Artery Embolization Into Your IR Practice: Workflow and Best Practices (Presented by Terumo Interventional Systems)
  • 10:00 AM - 10:55 AM ET
    3rd Annual Quality Improvement Forum: Improving Outcomes, Safety and Efficiency in IR
    Facilitator: Rajesh Shah, MD, FSIR – University of California San Francisco
    Quality Improvement
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
    NP/PA Section Governing Council (per invitation only)
  • 10:25 AM - 10:55 AM ET
    Navigating Challenging Patient Conversations: What to Do When Women’s Health Interventions Don’t Go According to Plan
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
    Tuesday Plenary Session: The future of IR: Workforce, economics, and the debate that will shape the specialty

    Moderator: Mark L. Lessne, MD, FSIR – Charlotte Radiology

    Moderator: Constantino Pena, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

    Panelist: Estefania Gonzales – UNC School of Medicine

    Panelist: Joanna J. Choe – Rush University Medical Center

    Panelist: Aesha Patel, MD – Rush University Medical Center

    Panelist: C. Matthew Hawkins, MD, FSIR, MBA – Emory University School of Medicine

    Panelist: Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR – Rush University Medical Center

    Panelist: Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FACR, FSIR, MA – University of Virginia

  • 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
    Visit Expo and corporate lunch symposia
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Corporate Lunch Symposium Expo Theater: Next-Gen Solutions for Complex PAD: SEISMIQ IVL and Drug Elution Strategies (Presented by Boston Scientific)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Corporate Lunch Symposium Expo Theater: (Presented by Sirtex Medical)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Corporate Lunch Symposium Expo Theater: Tackling the Complexities of VTE & Real-World Thrombus Management (Presented by Argon Medical Devices)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: New Innovation in Venous Care: Clinical outcomes and procedural best practices with the GORE® VIABAHN® FORTEGRA Venous Stent (Presented by Gore & Associates)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: From Concept to Clinic: The Evolution and Efficacy of the Covera Vascular Covered Stent (Presented by BD)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: Elevating Interventional Outcomes: Real-World Applications of Lightning Bolt CAVT and Ruby Embolization Coils (Presented by Penumbra)
  • 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM ET
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Maximizing Efficiency with SwiftNinja (Presented by Merit Medical)
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM ET
    Media Roundtable: Advanced Imaging as the Foundation for Emerging Visualization in IR, presented by Dr. Ziv Haskal
  • 12:45 PM - 1:05 PM ET
    Corporate In-expo, Innovation Hub Session: (Presented by United Veins & Vascular Centers)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Navigating Complex Aortic Disease
    Coordinator: Kong Teng Tan, MD – Toronto General Hospital
    Coordinator: Parag J. Patel, MD, MS – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Angio-club WorkshopArterial Interventions and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)Virtual
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Embolization for Bleeding
    Coordinator: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Kentucky
    Coordinator: Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR – University of Chicago
    Angio-club WorkshopEmbolization200 (intermediate)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Renal Artery Denervation: A Simple Potentially Common Arterial Intervention
    Coordinator: Lindsay Machan, MD, FSIR – University of British Columbia
    Coordinator: Sanjay Misra, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic & Foundation
    Categorical CourseRenal and GUArterial Interventions and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)200 (intermediate)Virtual
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    TIPS and RTO Disasters: Lessons Learned and Things I'd Do Differently
    Coordinator: K. Pallav Kolli, MD, FSIR – University of California, San Francisco
    Coordinator: Lisa Rauschert, MD – Rush University Medical Center
    Angio-club WorkshopPortal Hypertension300 (advanced)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Beyond Basics in Cholangioscopy: Complex Stones, Challenging Strictures, and Technical Pearls
    Coordinator: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
    Coordinator: Ahsun Riaz, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Defining the True Value of an IR Within a Radiology Practice
    Coordinator: Raj Pyne, MD, FSIR – Rochester Regional Health
    Coordinator: Allan Hoffman, MD (he/him/his) – Commonwealth Radiology Associates
    Categorical CoursePractice Development100 (beginner)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    A Potpourri of Neuro IR Cool Stuff for the Interventional Radiologist
    Coordinator: Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital
    Coordinator: Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR – Central Michigan University
    Angio-club WorkshopNeurointerventional Radiology300 (advanced)
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Algorithm to Back Pain: Decoding Diagnosis, Delivering Image-Guided Relief
    Coordinator: Junjian Huang, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Coordinator: David MD Prologo, MD – Emory University School of Medicine/Emory Healthcare
    Angio-club WorkshopPain Management/MSK200 (intermediate)
  • 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    IR Escape Room

    Facilitator: Maria Del Pilar Bayona Molano, MD, FSIR – University of Miami

    Facilitator: Francisco Grippi Figueredo, MD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

    Facilitator: Peyton Hopkins, MD – LSUHSC - New Orleans

    Facilitator: Mina S. Makary, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Facilitator: Jason Thomas Salsamendi – City of Hope

  • 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
    Refreshment break, visit Expo and attend corporate events
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    AI and Practice Improvement in Interventional Radiology
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: A Closer Look: Performance of the Gore® Viabahn® Fortegra Venous Stent (Presented by Gore & Associates)
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Bringing Augmented Reality into the Angio Suite: Real Clinical Case Experience (Presented by Siemens Healthineers)
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Show Me the Money: How to Win with Payors, Coding, and Revenue Cycle Management
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Global NextGen IRs Connect: Building Skills, Networks, and the Future of IR
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    Building a Career as a Single Parent or the Parent of a Special Needs Child
  • 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM ET
    MSK-IR Early Career Building in 2026, Pearls and Pitfalls
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    SIR RFS Annual Hackathon (part 2)
    Coordinator: Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Radiology
    Coordinator: Neil K. Jain, DO (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
    Coordinator: Varun Singh, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Presenter: Marc Succi, MD – Mass General Brigham; Harvard Medical School
    Facilitator: Robert J. Abraham, MD, FSIR – Synergy Oncology, Dalhousie University Medical School, QEII Health Sciences Centre
    Facilitator: Rui Dai, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Facilitator: Maliha Rubaiyat Imami (she/her/hers) – Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
    Facilitator: Ahsas Nagee, MD (he/him/his) – Queen's University
    Facilitator: Shakthi Kumaran Ramasamy, MD (he/him/his) – Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
    Facilitator: Sara Smolinski-Zhao, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Section ProgrammingGeneral IRRFS
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Radioembolization 3
    Moderator: Peiman Habibollahi, MD, RPVI – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Moderator: Nariman Nezami, MD – Georgetown University Medical Center
    Scientific SessionInterventional Oncology
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Venous Interventions 1
    Moderator: Vivian Bishay, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: William Kuo, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Scientific SessionVenous Interventions
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    General IO 2
    Moderator: Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University, Dept. of Radiology, IR section
    Moderator: Gina Landinez, MD (she/her/hers) – Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute (MCVI) Miami Cancer Institute (MCI)
    Scientific SessionInterventional OncologyVirtual
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Portal Hypertension 2
    Moderator: Maria Del Pilar Bayona Molano, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – University of Miami
    Moderator: Jason Thomas Salsamendi, MD – City of Hope
    Scientific SessionPortal Hypertension
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Neurointerventional Radiology
    Moderator: Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital
    Moderator: David Sacks, MD, FACR, FSIR (he/him/his) – Tower Health, Reading Hospital
    Scientific SessionNeurointerventional Radiology
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    General IR 2
    Moderator: Anil K. Pillai, MD – University of Texas Southwestern
    Moderator: Kimberly L. Scherer, DO – Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian
    Scientific SessionGeneral IR
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    General IR 3
    Moderator: Ulku Cenk Turba, MD, FSIR – Rush University Medical Center
    Moderator: Alisa S. Suzuki-Han, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center
    Scientific SessionGeneral IRNonvascular Interventions
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Women's Health 2
    Moderator: Shellie Josephs, MD (she/her/hers) – Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology, OHSU
    Moderator: Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Scientific SessionWomen's HealthVirtual
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Peripheral Arterial Disease 2
    Moderator: Robert E. Beasley, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Palm Vascular Centers
    Moderator: Ansar Z. Vance, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania
    Scientific SessionPeripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Vascular Malformations
    Moderator: Brian Funaki, MD, FSIR – University of Chicago
    Moderator: Clifford R. Weiss, MD, FSIR – Department of Radiology, Radiological Science and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Scientific SessionEmbolizationArteriaI InterventionsInterventional OncologyVenous InterventionsVirtual
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    How To Get Published in JVIR Workshop and What NOT To Do
  • 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Practical Training in IR: What can each country provide to international trainees?

    Facilitator: Justin J. Guan, MD – Cleveland Clinic

  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Women's Health: Everything Except the Uterus
    Coordinator: Maureen Kohi, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Coordinator: Keith Pereira, MD, DABR, RPVI, ABWM, FSIR – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Angio-club WorkshopWomen's Health
  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Portal Interventions: Beyond PVR
    Coordinator: Rahul S. Patel, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Medical Center
    Coordinator: Kei Yamada, MD (he/him/his) – Tufts Medical Center
    Angio-club WorkshopPortal HypertensionVirtual
  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    PAD Complications
    Coordinator: Maria Antonella Ruffino, MD EBIR FCIRSE (she/her/hers) – EOC Lugano, Switzerland
    Coordinator: Andrew S. Blum, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Angio-club WorkshopPeripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    Aorta
    Coordinator: J. Fritz F. Angle, MD – Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University of Virginia
    Coordinator: Parag J. Patel, MD, MS – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Angio-club WorkshopArterial Interventions and Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)Virtual
  • 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM ET
    No-Option Cases: Complex Recanalization to DVA
    Coordinator: John H. Rundback, MD, FSIR – Advanced Interventional & Vascular Services, LLP
    Coordinator: Shigeo Ichihashi, MD, PhD – Nara Medical University
    Angio-club WorkshopVirtual