IR for Women’s Health: Alignment, Controversies, and Collaboration

Monday, April 13, 2026

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET

Coordinator(s)

Keith Pereira, MD, DABR, RPVI, ABWM, FSIR

Associate Professor -Tenured
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States
Maureen Kohi, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor and Chair
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

This session brings together experienced interventional radiologists and gynecologists from diverse practice settings and regions to review the current evidence, identify gaps in knowledge, and discuss where our specialties align — and where we still diverge.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss key areas of controversy in women’s health where IR and GYN approaches diverge, including treatment of fibroids, adenomyosis, pelvic venous disorders, and postpartum hemorrhage.
Evaluate current clinical evidence for IR therapies in women’s health and identify barriers to utilization, including data gaps, referral biases, and systemic limitations in interdisciplinary access.
Propose collaborative care models between IRs and gynecologists to improve patient outcomes, optimize referral patterns, and align clinical decision-making across specialties.

Presentations:

8:30 AM - 8:42 AM ET

Fibroids: Utilization Gap & The Invisible Barriers
Speaker: Keith Pereira, MD, DABR, RPVI, ABWM, FSIR – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Speaker: Carlos Alarcon – Marietta OB-GYN Affiliates
8:42 AM - 8:54 AM ET

Fibroids & Fertility: Is UFE to Blame?
Co-Speaker: John Lipman, MD, FSIR – Atlanta Fibroid Center
Speaker: Carlos Alarcon – Marietta OB-GYN Affiliates
8:54 AM - 9:06 AM ET

Adenomyosis: What Actually Works?
Speaker: Janice Newsome, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Emory University School of Medicine
Speaker: Carlos Alarcon – Marietta OB-GYN Affiliates
9:06 AM - 9:18 AM ET

Pelvic Venous Congestion: Real Disease or Catch-All?
Speaker: Gloria Salazar, MD, FSIR – University of North Carolina
Speaker: Henri Rosenberg – Mount Sinai
9:18 AM - 9:30 AM ET

Placenta Accreta Spectrum & PPH: When IR & OB/GYN Collab
Speaker: Claire Kaufman, MD – OHSU
Speaker: Henri Rosenberg – Mount Sinai
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET

Q&A