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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.
- Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Case CompetitionCoordinator: – Duke University
Coordinator: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard
Coordinator: – Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Coordinator: – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Angio-club WorkshopCase CompetitionVirtual
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8:00 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Case CompetitionCoordinator: – Duke University
Coordinator: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard
Coordinator: – Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Coordinator: – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Angio-club WorkshopCase CompetitionVirtual
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8:00 AM - 8:05 AM ET
Case Competition Overview and IntroductionCoordinator: – Duke University
Coordinator: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard
Coordinator: – Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Coordinator: – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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8:05 AM - 8:15 AM ET
Case 1: Chronic Abdominal Pain Due to a Hepatic Hematoma Successfully Treated with ThromboaspirationSpeaker: – LSUHSC New Orleans Department of Radiology
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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8:15 AM - 8:25 AM ET
Case 2: Complete Renal Embolization as an Alternative to Nephrectomy in Renal Trauma in a Resource Limited SettingSpeaker: – Coast Teaching and Referral Hospital
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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8:25 AM - 8:35 AM ET
Case 3: Complex Bronchial-Pulmonary Artery Fistula with Associated Bronchial Artery Aneurysm Presenting as HemothoraxAngio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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8:35 AM - 8:45 AM ET
Case 4: Fatal Air Embolism During Routine Lymph Node BiopsyAngio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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8:45 AM - 8:55 AM ET
Case 5: IR Treatment of a Chronic Right Lower Lobe Pneumonia Caused by a Biliary-Bronchial Fistula.Speaker: – Duke University
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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8:55 AM - 9:05 AM ET
Case 6: Percutaneous Retroperitoneal Splenorenal Shunt (PRESS) Creation in a Patient with Recurrent Esophageal Variceal BleedingSpeaker: – Rush University Medical Center
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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9:05 AM - 9:15 AM ET
Case 7: Percutaneous Thermal Ablation requiring Gallbladder Hydrodissection: Procedure completeness confirmation with: Software-Based 3D Margin Assessment, Biopsy Evaluation of the Ablation Zone and Split-Dose FDG-PET/CT GuidanceSpeaker: – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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9:15 AM - 9:25 AM ET
Case 8: Therapeutic Type IB Endoleak Creation to Restore Collateral Spinal Cord Perfusion following Branched Thoracoabdominal EndograftingSpeaker: – Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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9:25 AM - 9:30 AM ET
Final Voting and Winner's AnnouncementsCoordinator: – Duke University
Coordinator: – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard
Coordinator: – Boston Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine
Coordinator: – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Angio-club WorkshopCase Competition
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Interventional Oncology 2Coordinator: – SLK Kliniken gGmbH Heilbronn
Coordinator: – Rush University Medical Center
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Interventional Oncology 2Coordinator: – SLK Kliniken gGmbH Heilbronn
Coordinator: – Rush University Medical Center
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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9:45 AM - 9:54 AM ET
European IO: Evolution of Locoregional HCC in EuropeSpeaker: – SLK Kliniken gGmbH Heilbronn
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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9:54 AM - 10:03 AM ET
Fibrolamellar HCC: How is IR an Integral Part of CareSpeaker: – Rush University Medical Center
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:03 AM - 10:12 AM ET
Integrating TACE, With (PD-[L]1 Inhibitors, and MTT In HCCSpeaker: – Center of Interventional Radiology and Vascular Surgery, Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:12 AM - 10:21 AM ET
Ablation vs Surgery: Dissecting COLLISION StudySpeaker: – MD Anderson Cancer Center
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:21 AM - 10:30 AM ET
IR's Growing Role and Integration Into Clinical Care in A Busy Cancer HospitalSpeaker: – MD Anderson Cancer Center
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:30 AM - 10:39 AM ET
Streamlining and Same-Day Radioembolization with Resin MicrospheresSpeaker: – Seoul National University Hospital
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:39 AM - 10:48 AM ET
Locally Late-stage HCC: Integrating HAIC into First-line TreatmentSpeaker: – The First Hospital of China Medical University
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:48 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Q&A
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Interventional Oncology 1Coordinator: – National Cancer Center Hospital
Coordinator: – Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University
Categorical CourseInterventional OncologyVirtual
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Interventional Oncology 1Coordinator: – National Cancer Center Hospital
Coordinator: – Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University
Categorical CourseInterventional OncologyVirtual
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9:45 AM - 9:55 AM ET
TACE vs TARE: Where Do We Stand in USASpeaker: – Medical College of Wisconsin
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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9:55 AM - 10:05 AM ET
Evolving Role of HCC Management in JapanSpeaker: – National Cancer Center Hospital
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:05 AM - 10:15 AM ET
Korean Approach To HCCSpeaker: – Seoul National University Hospital
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM ET
How We Advance IO in Ontario, CanadaSpeaker: – University of Toronto
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:25 AM - 10:35 AM ET
Management of HCC in China: IR's RoleSpeaker: – Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:35 AM - 10:45 AM ET
HCC Management in A "Free Healthcare For All" System: Pros and ConsSpeaker: – University of Toronto
Categorical CourseInterventional Oncology
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10:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Q&A
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Portal Interventions: Devil is in the DetailsCoordinator: – Stanford University School of Medicine
Coordinator: – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Portal Interventions: Devil is in the DetailsCoordinator: – Stanford University School of Medicine
Coordinator: – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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9:45 AM - 9:55 AM ET
PVR Around the WorldSpeaker: – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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9:55 AM - 10:05 AM ET
Bud-Chiari UntangledSpeaker: – Ain Shams University
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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10:05 AM - 10:15 AM ET
What is Small TIPSS?Speaker: – Stanford University School of Medicine
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM ET
Complex Pediatric Portal Venous InterventionsSpeaker: – University of Wisconsin
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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10:25 AM - 10:35 AM ET
TIPSS Technique: Does it Impact Clinical Outcome?Speaker: – Stanford University
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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10:35 AM - 10:45 AM ET
Live Case Review with CommentarySpeaker: – University of Utah
Categorical CoursePortal Hypertension
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10:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Q&A
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Essential Topics Not-Covered in Mainstream ProgramCoordinator: – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Coordinator: – Hawaii Medical Association
Categorical CourseVirtual
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Essential Topics Not-Covered in Mainstream ProgramCoordinator: – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Coordinator: – Hawaii Medical Association
Categorical CourseVirtual
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9:45 AM - 9:57 AM ET
Burnout in IR: What’s The Balance Between Hardworking and Hardly Working?Speaker: – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell
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9:57 AM - 10:09 AM ET
Green IR: How Can We Impact to Lowe Emissions with Our PracticesSpeaker: – Ibero-American Society of Interventional Radiology (SIDI)
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10:09 AM - 10:21 AM ET
How Did I Become an Embolotherapy Expert as A Woman IR in A Developing CountrySpeaker: – Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Department of Radiology
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10:21 AM - 10:33 AM ET
IR in Underserved Areas: Pros and Cons Speaker: – Hawaii Medical Association
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10:33 AM - 10:45 AM ET
How to Develop and Provide IR in A Country Where No IR Exist?
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10:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Q&A
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
AI and Robotics in IR: Current and Future ApplicationsCoordinator: – Univ Milan
Coordinator: – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Categorical CourseVirtual
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9:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
AI and Robotics in IR: Current and Future ApplicationsCoordinator: – Univ Milan
Coordinator: – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Categorical CourseVirtual
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9:45 AM - 9:55 AM ET
What Happens When AI Merges with Robotics?Speaker: – University of Cincinnati | UC Health
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9:55 AM - 10:05 AM ET
How is AI Already Helping Us in Our Clinical IR PracticeSpeaker: – University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
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10:05 AM - 10:15 AM ET
From LLMs to AI-augmented Semi-autonomous Procedures
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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM ET
AI LLMs for Medicine: Help, Hype or Hot Mess? Speaker: – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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10:25 AM - 10:35 AM ET
AI-powered Augmented Reality for IRSpeaker: – Henri Mondor Hospital
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10:35 AM - 10:45 AM ET
Evolving AI Applications in IR Speaker: – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
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10:45 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Q&A