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Educational program

Educational program

  • Tuesday, April 1, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM CT
    Members' Business Meeting
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    APDIR Business Meeting (per invitation only)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CT
    Research, Education, and Outreach Committee Meeting (per invitation only)
  • 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM CT
    Prostate Artery Embolization: What's New in 2025
    Coordinator: Samdeep Mouli, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CT
    Technology showcase: Non-Vascular Interventions, Soft-Tissue Ablation, Biopsy (Scopes, lithotripsy, baskets, feeding tubes, drains, stents, cryo, MWA, RFA, IRE, biopsy, guidance)

    Workshop Faculty: Sanjay Misra, MD – Mayo Clinic & Foundation

    Workshop Faculty: Todd Schlachter, MD – Yale University

  • 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM CT
    Poster Hall open
  • 9:15 AM – 3:15 PM CT
    Expo open
  • 9:15 AM – 3:15 PM CT
    Simulation of IO, PAD, MSK/Pain, Men's/Women's Health, Neuro, Renal/GU and Venous Interventions (provided by Mentice)
  • 9:30 AM – 3:15 PM CT
    Interventional Pain Skills Lab (Presented by Medtronic)
  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Refreshment break, visit Expo and attend corporate events
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Emory's TIPS Evolution with Dr. Tina Sankhla (Presented by Argon Medical Devices)
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Fail Forward: Turning Quality Setbacks into Success Stories
    Panelist: Nicholas Petruzzi, MD – Vascular Institute of Atlantic Medical Imaging
    Panelist: Robert J. Kennedy, MD (he/him/his) – Interventional & Vascular Center
    Panelist: Zeyad Metwalli, MD (he/him/his) – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Fireside ChatQuality
  • 9:50 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    IR Training -Debt and Loan Forgiveness

    Panelist: Elizabeth Ann Ignacio, MD, FACR, FSIR – Hawaii Medical Association

  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Clinical Experience and Technical Insights with Obsidio Conformable Embolic (Presented by Boston Scientific)
  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Emprint™ Microwave Ablation: Insights and Advancements (Presented by Medtronic Pain Interventional Therapies)
  • 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM CT
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Procedural Options for Treating Difficult SVC/Central Vein Occlusions (Presented by Merit Medical)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM CT
    JVIR Awards Ceremony

    Moderator: Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD – Stanford University

  • 10:25 AM – 10:55 AM CT
    My Arc of Life

    Panelist: Elvira Lang-Anderson, MD, PhD, FSIR – Comfort Talk®

    Panelist: Gloria Salazar, MD, FSIR – UNC

  • 10:25 AM – 10:55 AM CT
    Professional Development of APPs

    Panelist: Carrie M. Hayes DMSc, MS, PA-C – Advanced Vascular Centers

    Panelist: Angela Nash, PhD, PA-C – Mecklenburg Radiology Associates

    Panelist: Andrew Bojanowski, PA-C – Mecklenburg Radiology Associates

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CT
    Alternative Payment Model (APM) Workgroup (per invitation only)
  • 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
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    International Scholars Hackathon/Lunch (per invitation only)
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch, exhibits and corporate symposia
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Sebastian Junger Book Signing
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Corporate Expo Theater W/Lunch: Lead The Charge Against Challenging Peripheral Calcium: Introducing Shockwave Javelin For Calcified Occlusive Disease (Presented by Shockwave Medical)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: Advanced Approaches to Thrombosis: A case review of thrombus management, including user-controlled power aspiration with Dr. Sabah Butty & Dr. Kapil Wattamwar (Presented by Argon Medical Devices)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: Advancing PAD Treatment with DE Technologies: Connecting Clinical Data to Real-World Cases (Presented by Boston Scientific)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: Case Discussions on the Convenience, Coverage, Safety, and Effectiveness of LAVA Liquid Embolic Systems & SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres (Presented by Sirtex Medical, Inc.)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: Esprit™ BTK System: Pioneering a new standard of care in BTK treatment (Presented by Abbott)
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM CT
    Corporate Lunch Symposium: Pioneering AV access maintenance technologies for patient care (Presented by BD)
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM CT
    Corporate In-expo, In-booth Session: Wrapsody Cell-Impermeable Endoprosthesis and Clinical Data (Presented by Merit Medical)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Refreshment break, visit Expo and attend corporate events
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Complications in Deep Venous Intervention: Avoidance and Management
    Coordinator: Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Venous InterventionsSIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
     Earn 1 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    TIPS and Tricks: Techniques and Devices for Success
    Coordinator: Jorge Lopera, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – UT Health Science Center in San Antonio
    Coordinator: Maria del Pilar Bayona Molano, MD, FSIR – University of Miami
    Portal HypertensionSIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
     Earn 1 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Provocative IO Thoughts for Liver Cancer
    Coordinator: Nima Kokabi, MD – University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    Coordinator: Laura Crocetti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Università di Pisa
    Interventional OncologySIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    Uncertain Terrain: Controversies and The Path Forward in Todays PAD Climate
    Coordinator: Kumar Madassery, MD – Rush University Medical Center, Rush Oak Park
    Coordinator: Bret N. Wiechmann, MD – Vascular & Interventional Physicians
    PAD/Arterial InterventionsSIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Technology showcase: Portal Interventions (TIPS Access Kits, Stents)

    Workshop Faculty: Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR – University of Pittsburgh

    Workshop Faculty: Hector Ferral, MD, FSIR – Louisiana State University, New Orleans

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    AI, Machine Learning, Simulation, and Imaging 2
    Moderator: Younes Jahangiri, MD – Corewell Health West Michigan
    Scientific Session
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Embolization
    Moderator: Assaf Graif, MD (he/him/his) – ChristianaCare
    Moderator: R. Torrance Andrews, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    EmbolizationScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    General IR 2
    Moderator: Naganathan Mani, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Moderator: Christopher Molvar, MD – Loyola University Medical Center
    General IRScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - Ablation 2
    Moderator: Kent Sato, MD – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Moderator: Resmi Charalel, MD, MPH – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Interventional OncologyGeneral IRScientific Session
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology - TACE
    Moderator: Gloria L. Hwang, MD – Stanford University Medical Center
    Moderator: Chinmay Kulkarni, MD, MBBS – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
    Interventional OncologyEmbolizationScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Interventional Oncology 3
    Moderator: Rahul A. Sheth, MD, FSIR – MD Anderson
    Moderator: Shamar Young, MD – University of Arizona
    Interventional OncologyScientific Session
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Practice Development, Economics, and Quality 2
    Moderator: Charles Martin, III, MD, FSIR, MBA (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Moderator: Albert Nemcek, MD – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Practice DevelopmentScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Prostate 1
    Moderator: Samdeep Mouli, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Moderator: Ari Isaacson, MD, FSIR – IR Centers
    Men's HealthEmbolizationInterventional OncologyScientific Session
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Transplant Interventions
    Moderator: Eric J. Hohenwalter, MD, FSIR – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Moderator: Nora Tabori, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Arterial InterventionsTransplant InterventionsVenous InterventionsGastrointestinal InterventionsScientific Session
     Earn 1.5 CME
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    JVIR Award-Winning Papers Scientific Session
    Moderator: Daniel Y. Sze, MD, PhD – Stanford University
    Scientific SessionJVIR
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Controversies in PE: Who and When to Treat, and How?
    Coordinator: Vivian Bishay, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital
    Coordinator: Akhilesh Sista, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Venous InterventionsSIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Complex/Advanced Cases in Portal Hypertension
    Coordinator: Wael Saad, MD – University of Utah
    Coordinator: Maria del Pilar Bayona Molano, MD, FSIR – University of Miami
    Portal HypertensionSIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
     Earn 1.25 CME
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Emerging Data on New Technology
    Coordinator: Nima Kokabi, MD – University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    Coordinator: Laura Crocetti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Università di Pisa
    Interventional OncologySIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
  • 4:15 PM – 5:30 PM CT
    Complex Aortic Interventions
    Coordinator: Kiang Hiong Tay, FSIR, MBBS – Singapore General Hospital
    Coordinator: Ji Hoon Shin, MD, PhD – Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan
    PAD/Arterial InterventionsSIR Vascular Huddle Symposium
     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
    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 OSCIETY OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLGY
    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