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Section Programming

General IR

RFS
Section Programming

RFS Program

Saturday, April 11, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Location: 717

The Resident, Fellow, and Student Section Programming at SIR 2026 is a high-energy, future-focused series designed to sharpen clinical instincts, spark innovation, and accelerate career growth. Attendees will experience immersive, case-driven learning in the Emergencies in the Angiosuite session, celebrate peer-driven impact through the Clinical Advancement Award, and collaborate across training levels in a fast-paced IR hackathon built for real-world problem solving. A joint session with the Early Career Section pulls back the curtain on the transition from training to practice, offering practical insights, candid lessons learned, and actionable next steps. Expect practical takeaways, inspiration, and a few “why didn’t we think of that?” moments—this is IR education with momentum.

Learning Objectives:

  • Apply structured, high-yield decision-making frameworks to rapidly recognize and manage common and high-risk emergencies encountered in the angiosuite.
  • Identify practical strategies for innovation, career development, and early professional advancement in interventional radiology, from training through early practice.
  • Collaborate across training levels to develop and evaluate creative, scalable solutions to real-world clinical and workflow challenges in IR.

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM - 10:05 AM ET
    Program Welcome

    Speaker: Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Radiology

    Panelist: Jason C. Hoffmann, MD, FSIR – NYU Langone Health

  • 10:05 AM - 11:15 AM ET
    Emergencies in the Angiosuite

    Facilitator: Benjamin D. Gross, MD (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Hospital

    Facilitator: Hubert E. Smith, MD – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

    Panelist: Alok Bhatt, MD – Kaiser Permanente

    Panelist: Siddhant Kulkarni, DO, MS – Loma Linda University School of Medicine

    Panelist: Bala Natarajan, MD – Einstein Medical Center, Jefferson Health

    Panelist: Andrew Scott Niekamp, MD – Inari Medical

    Panelist: Jessie K. Stewart, MD (she/her/hers) – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

    Panelist: Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR – Kaiser Permanente physician

    Panelist: Elena G. Violari, MD, RPVI – Loyola University Medical Center

    Speaker: Gregg Khodorov, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Radiology

  • 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM ET
    RFS Clinical Advancement Award

    Speaker: Neil K. Jain, DO (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

    Speaker: David Mittelstein, MD, PhD – University of California, San Diego