IR Escape Room

Coordinator(s)

• 

  Maria del Pilar Bayona Molano, MD, FSIR

  Associate Professor, Interventional Radiology
  University of Miami, United States
• 

  Gina Landinez, MD (she/her/hers)

  IR Faculty
  Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute (MCVI) Miami Cancer Institute (MCI), United States
• 

  Wael Saad, MD

  Senior Vascular and Interventional Radiologist
  University of Utah, United States
• HF

  Hector Ferral, MD, FSIR (he/him/his)

  Vice-Chairman of Research
  Louisiana State University, New Orleans, United States
• 

  Merve Ozen, MD

  Interventional Radiologist
  Mayo Clinic Arizona, United States
• 

  Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR

  Professor and Interim Chair
  Rush University Medical Center, United States
• FF

  Felipe Ferreira De Souza

  USA
• 

  Jason Salsamendi

  Clinical Professor of Interventional Radiology
  City of Hope, United States
• JB

  Juana Barrera

  USA
• 

  Peyton Hopkins, MD

  Research Fellow
  LSUHSC - New Orleans, United States

The IR Escape Room is designed to offer an engaging and educational team-based experience for SIR 2025 attendees, focusing on clinical problem-solving, collaboration, and innovative thinking within interventional radiology. It provides an opportunity to reinforce IR principles through interactive problem-solving, fosters teamwork and collaboration, and highlights the creative and adaptable nature of IR practices. If you want to participate as a team, please sign up here.

The concept: A set of two escape rooms with a unique theme and clinical simulation designed to immerse participants in realistic IR scenarios.
The format: Each room accommodates 5 participants in a 15-20-minute session. Teams will solve puzzles, decode encrypted messages, virtual reality, QR codes, and apply IR knowledge to "escape." We will offer a mixture of competition-based and open-play timeslots.
The target audience: Interventional radiologists, trainees, and healthcare professionals.