Resident & Program Director Panel

Saturday, April 11, 2026

2:40 PM - 3:40 PM ET

Location: 715

Speaker(s)

Arvind Dev

Medical Student
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States

Panelist(s)

John T. Cardella, MD

Assistant Professor
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, United States
Nicole Keefe, MD

Associate Professor, Program Director
University of North Carolina, United States
Ashley Lamba

Medical Student
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, United States
Nicole Lamparello, MD

Associate Professor
New York-Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical College, United States
LM

Laura Marrone, MD (she/her/hers)

Resident
The Mount Sinai Hospital, United States
IS

Ishan Sinha, MD

Resident
Mount Sinai Hospital, United States
GV

Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR

Program Director of Vascular and Interventional Integrated Residency
Kaiser Permanente physician, United States

Program Directors (PDs) and residents discuss how to prepare a competitive IR application and excel on the IR sub-internship (sub-I), with candid Q&A on timelines, letters, signals, research, and day-to-day expectations.

Learning Objectives:

Identify key educational opportunities and resources available to medical students through SIR.
Describe strategies and facilitate effective networking with IR faculty, mentors, and peers.
Apply insights from the session to develop a personalized plan for approaching a career in interventional radiology.