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Full Schedule

  • Monday, March 31, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Quality and Performance Improvement Division Meeting (per invitation only)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advancement Coalition (per invitation only)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    WIR Governing Council (per invitation only)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Hot Topics in Embolization
    Co-Coordinator: Gary Siskin, MD (he/him/his) – Albany Medical Center
    Co-Coordinator: Jafar Golzarian, MD – University of Minnesota / North Star Vascular
    Embolization
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Management of colorectal liver metastases: New Data
    Coordinator: Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD, FSIR – University of California
    Coordinator: Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
    Interventional Oncology
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Spine Interventions: Benign and Malignant Therapies
    Coordinator: Daniel Holzwanger, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Coordinator: Merve Ozen, MD – University of Kentucky College of Medicine
    Pain Management/MSK
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Management of Osteoarthritis of the Knee
    Coordinator: John B. Smirniotopoulos, MD, MS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Co-Coordinator: Siddharth Padia, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Pain Management/MSK
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Genintourinary Access and Complications: Stones, Strictures, Scopes
    Coordinator: David Duncan, MD (he/him/his) – US Air Force
    Coordinator: Yousuf Qaseem, MD (he/him/his) – University of California Irvine
    Nonvascular Interventions
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Labreneurship: Brand Building and Growth
    Coordinator: Aaron Kovaleski, MD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Coordinator: Warren Swee, MD – Palm Vascular Delray
    Office-based Procedures
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Aorto-Iliac Disease Management & Treatment: It's Easy, Right?
    Coordinator: Bret N. Wiechmann, MD – Vascular & Interventional Physicians
    Coordinator: Robert E. Beasley, MD – Palm Vascular Centers of Coral Gables
    PAD/Arterial Interventions
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Portal Hypertension Management Based on Indications: Bleeding, Ascites, Hepatic Encephalopathy
    Coordinator: Philip D. Orons, DO, FSIR, FAOCR (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Coordinator: Wael Saad, MD – University of Utah
    Portal Hypertension
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Interventional Radiology in the Management of Renal, Pancreatic, and Multi-visceral Organ Transplantation
    Coordinator: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Alabama At Birmingham
    Coordinator: Chris Ingraham, MD – University of California San Diego
    Transplant Interventions
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Deep Venous Intervention: from Acute to Chronic
    Coordinator: Suresh Vedantham, MD (he/him/his) – Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
    Coordinator: Kush Desai, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
    Venous Interventions
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Technology showcase: Embolics and Delivery Systems (Liquid, Conformable, Plugs, Coils)
    Workshop Faculty: Evan Lehrman, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – UCSF
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Technology showcase: MSK and Pain Interventions (Ablation, Balloons, Pumps, Screws, SCS, VCF)
  • 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM CT
    Poster Hall open
  • 9:15 AM – 3:15 PM CT
    Expo open
  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    RFS Governing Council (per invitation only)
  • 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    SIR Foundation Awards Recognition
    General IR
  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Refreshment break, visit Expo and attend corporate events
  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-Expo, In-Booth Session (Presented by Boston Scientific)
  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-Expo, In-Booth Session (Presented by Medtronic Pain Therapies)
  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-Expo, In-Booth Session (Presented by Siemens Healthineers and Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company)
  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-Expo, In-Booth Session (Presented by Terumo Medical Corporation TIS)
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    NP/PA Section Governing Council (per invitation only)
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Monday Plenary Session: The Power of Interventional Radiologists to shape and lead the Healthcare System
    Moderator: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Michael Dake, MD – University of Arizona
    General IR
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    International Scholars Lunch (per invitation only)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    JVIR social media volunteers (per invitation only)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch, exhibits and corporate symposia
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Women in IR InspIRed Lecture and Luncheon (seperate registration required)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Traditional Poster Presentations
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate Expo Theater w/Lunch (Presented by Medtronic - PVH)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate In-Expo, In-Booth Session (Presented by Argon Medical Devices)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium (Presented by Boston Scientific)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium (Presented by Gore & Associates)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium (Presented by Inari Medical)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium (Presented by Penumbra, Inc.)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium (Presented by Siemens Healthineers and Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company)
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Pitfalls in Trauma imaging
    Coordinator: Elika Kashef, MD – Imperial College NHS Trust
    Coordinator: Anna Maria Ierardi, MD – Radiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, 20122 Milan, Italy
    General IR
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Evidence-based image-guided lung thermal ablation
    Coordinator: Robert Suh, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Coordinator: Alda Tam, MD, FSIR – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Interventional Oncology
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Case Club -- Neuro IR Emergencies
    Coordinator: Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR – Radiology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Otolaryngology Michigan Medicine
    Coordinator: Manraj Kanwal Singh Heran, MD (he/him/his) – BC Children's Hospital; Vancouver General Hospital
    Neurointerventional Radiology
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Lymphatic Interventions from Neck to Groin
    Coordinator: Bill Majdalany, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Vermont Medical Center
    Coordinator: Maxim Itkin, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    Nonvascular Interventions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Complex Tibiopedal Arterial Interventions -- Raising the Bar
    Coordinator: John H. Rundback, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Holy Name Medical Center
    Coordinator: Uei Pua, FSIR, MBBS – Tan Tock Seng Hospital
    PAD/Arterial Interventions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Renal Artery Denervation is Approved and Has a Fee Code - This is Only the Start of a Potentially Massive Opportunity for Procedural Growth That IR Must Be a Part Of
    Coordinator: Lindsay Machan, MD, FSIR – University of British Columbia
    Coordinator: Marc Sapoval, MD, PhD – Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou
    PAD/Arterial Interventions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Building a Pediatric IR Service
    Coordinator: Aparna Annam, DO – Children's Hospital Colorado
    Coordinator: Frederic Bertino, MD – NYU Langone Health
    Pediatric Interventions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Portal Vein Thrombosis
    Coordinator: Sanjeeva Kalva, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Coordinator: Riad Salem, MD – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Portal Hypertension
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Advanced Topics in Superficial, Pelvic Vein, and Lymphedema
    Coordinator: Ronald Winokur, MD, FSIR, RPVI – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Coordinator: Ramona Gupta, MD – Northwestern Medical Center
    Venous Interventions
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT
    Pregnancy and IR - Case based discussion of considerations for hemorrhagic complications
    Coordinator: Daniel Sheeran, MD – University of Virginia Medical Center
    Coordinator: Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Women's Health
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    International Scholars Case Competition
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Refreshment break, visit Expo and attend corporate events
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
    GEMS (per invitation only)
  • 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM CT
    Corporate In-Expo, In-Booth Session (Presented by Terumo Medical Corporation TIS)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    IRs-In-Training - Hands-On Device Lab​
    Workshop Faculty: Linzi Arndt Webster, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – Mount Sinai Hospital
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Technology showcase: Venous (Thrombectomy, IVC Filters and Retrieval, Ablation, Sclerosing)
    Workshop Faculty: Teodora Bochnakova, MD – Oregon Health and Science University
    Workshop Faculty: Lisa Rauschert, MD – Rush University Medical Center
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    AI, Machine Learning, Simulation, and Imaging 1
    Moderator: Seetharam Chadalavada, MD (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati | UC Health
    Moderator: Warren Swee, MD – Palm Vascular Delray
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Embolization - VM and Miscellaneous
    Moderator: Shankar Rajeswaran, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    General IR 1
    Moderator: Steven Zangan, MD – University of Chicago
    Moderator: Jennifer Buckley, MD, MBA – Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Y90 2
    Moderator: Nora Tabori, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology 2
    Moderator: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Alabama At Birmingham
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Pain Management 1
    Moderator: J. David Prologo, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Susie Park, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Portal Hypertension 2
    Moderator: Bartley Thornburg, MD – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Moderator: Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health and Science University
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Pulmonary Embolism
    Moderator: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: Akhilesh Sista, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Arterial - Aortic and Mesenteric
    Moderator: Parag J. Patel, MD, MS, FSIR – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Moderator: Constantino Pena, MD – Florida International Universirty and University of South Florida
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Venous 2
    Moderator: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Mark L. Lessne, MD, FSIR – Charlotte Radiology
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Arterial Interventions
    Moderator: Timothy W. Clark, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    Arterial Interventions
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Embolization
    Moderator: Shamar Young, MD – University of Arizona
    Moderator: Merve Ozen, MD – University of Kentucky College of Medicine
    Embolization
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Gastrointestinal Interventions
    Moderator: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR – Duke University
    Gastrointestinal Interventions
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Interventional Oncology
    Moderator: Resmi Charalel, MD, MPH – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Moderator: Julius Chapiro, MD, PhD – Yale Interventional Oncology Research Lab
    Interventional Oncology
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Men's & Women's Health
    Moderator: Nainesh Parikh, MD, MBA – Moffitt Cancer Center
    Moderator: Lisa Rauschert, MD – Rush University Medical Center
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - MSK/Pain Management
    Moderator: Douglas Beall, MD, FSIR – Comprehensive Specialty Care
    Moderator: J. David Prologo, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Pain Management/MSK
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Nonvascular Interventions
    Moderator: Donna D’Souza
    Moderator: Abhishek Kumar, MD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Nonvascular Interventions
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Practice Development
    Moderator: Mary Costantino, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Advanced Vascular Centers
    Moderator: Srini Tummala, MD – Florida Vascular Specialists
    Practice Development
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM CT
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Venous Interventions
    Moderator: Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Moderator: Julie C. Bulman, MD, RPVI – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
    Venous Interventions
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CT
    Past Presidents' Reception (per invitation only)