Late Career: What's Your Second Act (Redux)

Sunday, April 12, 2026

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET

Location: 716A

Facilitator(s)

Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FSIR (he/him/his)

Professor/Vice Chair
Univ of Virginia, United States

Panelist(s)

BD

Bart Dolmatch, MD

Attending
PAMF and El Camino Hospital, United States
LM

Lindsay Machan, MD, FSIR

Associate Professor
University of British Columbia, Canada
JD Meler, MD

VP of Pre-clinical and Translational Development
HistoSonics, United States
AR

Anne Roberts, MD (she/her/hers)

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
UCSD Medical Center, United States

This Panel Discussion will re-explore and build upon the successful 2025 SIR session that focused upon late career issues in private & academic IR with a diverse panel of IR speakers in moderated discussion/Q&A. Topics: how do you know when you are done"; How can you back away, slowly? What ways can a high-powered full time career wind down but still provide professional satisfaction? What examples have can we discuss with people who've navigated this in surprising ways? How does one manage the ego aspects, or change in skills, that may signal a need to change? ... And more....