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Categorical Course

General IR
Categorical Course

SIR Global Summit: Awareness of IR

Saturday, April 11, 2026
3:00 PM - 5:15 PM ET
Location: 718B

The SIR Global IR Summit will provide the podium to our global strategic Societal partners. This strategic forum is meant to give an overview of IR awareness and visibility in each region. The goal is for Interventional Radiologists worldwide to coordinate efforts and discuss possible collaboration efforts to strengthen the profession and improve patient-centered care through image-guided therapy by optimizing minimally invasive patient care.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about the current status of IR awareness around the world.
  • Learn about the challenges of IR awareness around the world.
  • Learn about the aspirations of IR awareness around the world.

Presentations:

  • 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM ET
    Welcome & Introductions
  • 3:06 PM - 3:11 PM ET
    Society of African Interventional Radiology & Endovascular therapy (SAFIRE)

    Speaker: Wael Saad, MD – University of Utah

  • 3:12 PM - 3:17 PM ET
    Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (ISVIR)

    Speaker: Amar Mukund, MD, MBBS – Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences

  • 3:18 PM - 3:22 PM ET
    Saudi Arabia Interventional Radiology Society (SIRS)

    Speaker: Ibrahim Alrashidi, MD – Saudi Intervention Radiology Society SIRS

  • 3:23 PM - 3:28 PM ET
    Chinese College of Interventionalists (CCI)

    Speaker: Xiaoli Zhu, MD, PhD – The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

  • 3:29 PM - 3:34 PM ET
    Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology (CAIR)

    Speaker: Darren B. Ferguson, MD – Canadian Association for Interventional Radiology

  • 3:35 PM - 3:40 PM ET
    Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology (ASPCVIR)

    Speaker: Kiang Hiong Tay, FSIR, MBBS – Singapore General Hospital

  • 3:41 PM - 3:46 PM ET
    La Sociedad Iberoamericana de Intervencionismo (SIDI)

    Speaker: Micaela Arrieta Usta, MD (she/her/hers) – Universidad de Cartagena

  • 3:47 PM - 3:52 PM ET
    The Korean Society of Interventional Radiology (KSIR)

    Speaker: Gyoung Min Kim, MD, PhD – Yonsei University Severance Hospital

  • 3:53 PM - 3:58 PM ET
    Brazilian Society of Interventional Radiology and Endovascular Surgery (SOBRICE)

    Speaker: CHARLES ZURSTRASSEN, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – AC CAMARGO CANCER CENTER

  • 3:59 PM - 4:04 PM ET
    Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology (JSIR)

    Speaker: Koichiro Yamakado, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Radiology, Hyogo Medical University

  • 4:05 PM - 4:10 PM ET
    Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)

    Speaker: Philippe L. Pereira, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – SLK Kliniken gGmbH Heilbronn

  • 4:11 PM - 4:16 PM ET
    Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)

    Speaker: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 4:17 PM - 5:03 PM ET
    Discussion

    Facilitator: Philippe L. Pereira, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – SLK Kliniken gGmbH Heilbronn

    Facilitator: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Facilitator: Sanjeeva P. Kalva, MD, FACR, FSIR, MBBS, RPVI (he/him/his) – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

    Facilitator: Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical College Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  • 5:04 PM - 5:15 PM ET
    Summary

    Facilitator: Robert A. Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai