Events


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Thu, 3/15/2018 | Fri, 3/16/2018 | Sat, 3/17/2018 | Sun, 3/18/2018 | Mon, 3/19/2018 | Tue, 3/20/2018 | Wed, 3/21/2018 | Thu, 3/22/2018
Thu, 3/15
Time Title Type Room Location
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Convention Center Pre-con Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM JW Pre-con Committee meeting    JW Marriott LA 
Fri, 3/16
Time Title Type Room Location
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Finance Committee (invitation only) Committee meeting  Platinum A  JW Marriott LA 
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM SIR Executive Council and SIR Foundation Board of Directors (invitation only) Committee meeting  Platinum B-C  JW Marriott LA 
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM SIR Leadership Dinner (by Invitation only) Special event     
Sat, 3/17
Time Title Type Room Location
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SIR and SIR Foundation Leadership Summit (invitation only) Committee meeting  Platinum C  JW Marriott LA 
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Graduate Medical Education Leadership Committee Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM Medical Student Council Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Needs Assessment/Outcomes Subcommittee Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PRESERVE Investigators Meeting Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AMC Walk-through Committee meeting  West Hall Lobby  Los Angeles Convention Center 
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Medical Student Lunch: Focus on Research 		Networking luncheon  Platinum C  JW Marriott LA 
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Audit Committee Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Freestanding Workgroup Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM IR Residency Curriculum Committee Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Membership Development Committee Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
11:45 AM - 2:00 PM Standardized Reporting Committee Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Executive Council Leadership Orientation (invitation only) Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Extreme IR: Pardon my Intervention Symposium  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 4:30 PM Grant Review Study Section Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Medical Student Saturday Medical student session  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MOC Subcommittee Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
2:15 PM - 4:30 PM Corporate Ambassadors Program (CAP) Delegates Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Endorsement/Joint-Sponsorship Subcommittee Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
2:15 PM - 4:30 PM Performance and Quality Improvement Committee Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM SIRPAC Board of Directors (invitation only) Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM Coffee Break Special event  West Hall Lobby  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Content Review Workgroup Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Daily Show Meeting Committee meeting  509  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Early Career Section Expert Panels: Exploring IR Talks Symposium  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM International Scholars Orientation Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM JVIR Reviewers Reception (invitation only) Committee meeting  Diamond 6  JW Marriott LA 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM RFS Section Reception Committee meeting  Diamond 7-8  JW Marriott LA 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM SIR Sections Reception w/ Match Celebration Special event  Diamond 7-8  JW Marriott LA 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Women in IR Section Reception Committee meeting  Diamond 9-10  JW Marriott LA 
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM SIR Opening Reception Special event  Diamond 1-4  JW Marriott LA 
Sun, 3/18
Time Title Type Room Location
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM ACIR (invitation only) Committee meeting  Platinum C  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Clinical Research and Registries Division Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Professional Education Advisory Committee Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM RFS Residency Training Committee Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM RFS Women in IR Committee Committee meeting  Atrium III  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Standards Division: Strategic Direction Committee meeting  Platinum A  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Student and Resident Committee Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM JVIR Writing Workshop Special event  510  Los Angeles Convention Center 
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Sunday plenary rehearsal Special event  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Best of WCIO: Translational Advances in IO Categorical course  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Comprehensive Approach to Biliary Intervention Categorical course  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Cool IR Therapies From Around The World That You Don't Know...Yet Categorical course  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Liver Tumor Board Categorical course  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Managing Acute and Chronic Deep Vein Thrombosis Categorical course  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PAD - Devices - All The Tools You Need To Have and How To Use Them Categorical course  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Performance Measurements in IR: A Look Toward the Future Categorical course  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: Pulmonary Embolism Intervention Primer Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: Tumor Ablation: Choosing a Device Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Sedation and Analgesia from A to ZZZZZ Categorical course  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome and new NP/PA Section Clinical associate session  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Comparative Effectiveness Research Committee Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Fellows Affairs Committee Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM International Education Committee Committee meeting  Atrium III  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Practice Development Subcommittee Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Private Practice Task Force Committee meeting  Georgia I  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM RFS Pediatric Service Line Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Service Line Advisory Board Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Standards Division: Strategic Direction Breakouts Committee meeting  Platinum A  JW Marriott LA 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Coding and Billing Clinical associate session  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM IR EVOLUTION rehearsal Special event  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM SIR-IRSA Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM BREAK, Gold Medal and DOTTER Plenary, Visit SIR EXPO Medical student session  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM New Product Showcase "Uncased" Refreshment Break Special event  Concourse Foyer  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Radiation Safety 		Hands-on workshop  Keck Hospital of USC  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Opening Plenary - Gold Medal Awards, 34th Dotter Lecture Plenary  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Clinical Associate Networking Luncheon 		Networking luncheon  503  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: Best Practices in the Treatment of Deep Venous Disease - Sponsored by Philips, Booth 815 Corporate Event  Corporate Theater in Expo, Hall A   Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Application of ablative Y90 radioembolization in early-stage HCC - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Launching your PAE Practice: Identifying Patients, Tools and Case Studies - Sponsored by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Booth 215 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM International Scholars Luncheon Special event  512  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Ticketed Event
JVIR Editorial Board Luncheon (by Invitation Only) 		Committee meeting  510  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: Peripheral Vascular Therapies, Emprint™ Ablation System with Planning Application - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Past President Forum (invitation only) Committee meeting  153C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Embolization I (Angiography and Anatomy) Case-based workshop  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic MSK - Therapies That Should be in your Practice Case-based workshop  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Fundamentals of Aortic Intervention Case-based workshop  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM IR-In-Training Midday Session In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Liquid Embolics-Superglue and Lava Case-based workshop  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Mea Culpa- Worst Disasters of My Career, So Far Case-based workshop  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Medical Student Sunday Medical student session  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Novel, Clinical Indications for Vascular Access Apheresis Ports Clinical associate session  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PAE Case Show: Like a Racehorse Case-based workshop  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Pediatric Interventions for Adult Interventionalists Case-based workshop  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Portal Hypertension II: How to Perform (and Pronounce) BRTO Case-based workshop  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Radiation Protection for Patients and Staff: Burns, Cataracts, Herniated Discs & Glioblastoma Case-based workshop  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Radiation Safety 		Hands-on workshop  Keck Hospital of USC  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Renal Ablation- Options and Optimization Case-based workshop  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM SAM: Pelvic Venous Diseases-Show me the evidence Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM SIR-ISVIR Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM There's no business like IR business: Surviving today's practice [r]evolution Symposium  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Trauma Embolotherapy-How to Stop Exsanguination Case-based workshop  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Treating Chronic Venous Occlusive Disease: When, Why and How Case-based workshop  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Urologic Interventions: Current Practice and Controversies Case-based workshop  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM SIR-Boston Scientific Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM Embolization: It's more than just the procedure Clinical associate session  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM EPIC Users Group Committee meeting  510  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Compelling Conversation: International Giveback Project: Take your experience to the world Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: New Pod Packing Coils Eliminate Need to Measure Vessel Diameter - Sponsored by Penumbra, Inc, Booth 209 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: Lung Scientific session  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ACR Interventional Credentials Overview Committee Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Biopsy Scientific session  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Bone and Joint Interventions Clinical associate session  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ticketed Event
Catheters, crossing devices, closure devices (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #2  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Chemoembolization: Liver 1 Scientific session  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM CIRSE meeting Committee meeting  503  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Embolization: Prostatic Artery Scientific session  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Embolization: Trauma Scientific session  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM JVIR Workshop (pre-registration required) In-training session  502B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Management of Arterial CTO's and How to Start This Practice Case-based workshop  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ticketed Event
Microcatheters and microwires (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #1  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Non-Vascular Interventional Scientific session  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Practice Management Scientific session  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Radioembolization: Outcome Scientific session  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: IO Consensus: Intra-arterial Therapies Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: Women's Health and Interventions Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM SIR-CSIR/CCI Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM There's no business like IR business: Surviving today's practice [r]evolution Symposium  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Vascular Diagnosis Scientific session  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Venous: IVC Filters Scientific session  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Daily Show Meeting Committee meeting  509  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM SIR-CIRSE Leadership Meeting (Invite Only) Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Below Knee PAD: Atherectomy, PTA, and DCB Meet the experts  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Building a Successful IR Practice in Our Changing Environment Meet the experts  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Debate: Exclusive Contracts Meet the experts  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ECS Meet the Experts Roundtable Meet the experts  503  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Femoral Access Vs. Radial Access Meet the experts  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Portal Hypertension: Navigating Interventional Options Meet the experts  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Prostate Embolization: What you want to know Meet the experts  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Retirement Planning Meet the experts  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM There's no business like IR business: Surviving today's practice [r]evolution Symposium  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
Mon, 3/19
Time Title Type Room Location
7:00 AM - 9:15 AM Anticoagulation Writing Group Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM RFS Governing Council Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SIR Foundation Research Institute Task Force Committee meeting  Atrium III  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SIR-KSIR Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Standards Division: Strategic Direction Breakouts Committee meeting  Platinum A  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Stroke Advisory Group Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM JVIR Writing Workshop Special event  510  Los Angeles Convention Center 
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Monday plenary rehearsal Special event  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Best of ISET- PAD Categorical course  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Cardiovascular Imaging Primer Categorical course  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ticketed Event
Clinical Associates: Suturing & Venous Access 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #2  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Controversies in IO: Pros and Cons Categorical course  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ticketed Event
Digital Tools: PACS, Navigation, Dosimetry, 3D (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #1  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Engineering Moonshot Technologies to Advance IR Categorical course  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EVAR Essentials Categorical course  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM IR-In-Training Morning Session In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM IR/DR- Developing our Future Leaders Categorical course  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM MSK (non-spine) Interventions Categorical course  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Personal Wellness for the Interventionalist Categorical course  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: mCRC: Integrating IO into the Treatment Paradigm Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Economics Committee Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM ECS Governing Council Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM FDA Device Forum Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM RFS Communications Committee Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM VANGUARD Task Force Committee meeting  Platinum A  JW Marriott LA 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM PREP Task Force (invitation only) Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM RFS Advocacy Committee Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM RFS Membership Council Committee meeting  Atrium III  JW Marriott LA 
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM SIR-BTG Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: OsteoCool RF Ablation - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Compelling Conversation: Mysteries of standardized reports revealed: They're easy to use, efficient and necessary Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Left Distal Transradial Access (LdTRA) Handing Patients Better Care - Sponsored by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Booth 215 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Role of the DynaCT/3D Angiogram in Prostate Artery Embolization - Sponsored by Siemens Healthineers, Booth 138 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Were VCF Patients at Higher Risk of Mortality Following the 2009 Publication of the Vertebroplasty 'Sham Trials'? - Sponsored by Medtronic, Booth 315 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Why I treat my patients with Varithena® - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM IR EVOLUTION & SIR Foundation Awards Plenary  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: Advanced Techniques for Embolization and Thrombus Management Utilizing Penumbra Technology - Sponsored by Penumbra, Inc., Booth 209 Corporate Event  150AB  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: At the Intersection of Local & Systemic Therapy in the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Preparing for the Next Evolution in Multimodal Treatment - Sponsored by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Eisai, Inc., Booths 802, 938, 754 Corporate Event  151  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: Lutonix® 035 DCB and Covera™ Vascular Covered Stent - Sponsored by BARD has joined BD, Booth 714 Corporate Event  Corporate Theater in Expo, Hall A   Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Best practices with the Merit ASPIRA® drainage system for placement and maintenance in the after-care setting - Sponsored by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Booth 215 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: OPTALYSE PE: Interventional PE treatment in as little as two hours - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Y90 in the Freestanding Office - Sponsored by Sirtex Medical, Inc., Booth 515 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Educational Session: Lipiodol Use in Radiology Imaging - Sponsored by Guerbet, Booth 725 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM International Scholars Luncheon Special event  512  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: Peripheral Vascular Therapies - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Women in IR InspIRed Lecture & Lunch 		Networking luncheon  502B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Embolization II (Embolic Selection) Case-based workshop  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Challenging Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter Retrieval Case-based workshop  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CO2- When Passing Gas Is Indicated Case-based workshop  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Cone Beam CT Techniques Essential To Your Practice Case-based workshop  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Developments in Superficial Femoral Artery (SFA) Intervention Case-based workshop  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Enteral Access: Push/Pull Feed/Vent G/J Case-based workshop  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Gonadal Interventions (XX, XY) Case-based workshop  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM IR's role on the trauma team Categorical course  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM IR-In-Training Midday Session In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Liver Ablation (Patient and Device Selection) Case-based workshop  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Mesenteric Intervention: Occlusive Disease and Aneurysms Case-based workshop  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Neuro Devices With Peripheral Apps Case-based workshop  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Office Based Labs: Clinical, procedural, and financial aspects of this rapidly growing practice environment Case-based workshop  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Physician Extenders in an IR Practice: Scope, Billing, Controversies Case-based workshop  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM SAM: Challenges in Anticoagulation for the IR team Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM SAM: Chronic Total Occlusion 360 Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM The Spleen: A New Frontier? Case-based workshop  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM There's No Business Like IR Business--Private Practice Symposium I : Navigating the New IR Landscape Symposium  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Wound Care: Opportunities and Necessities Case-based workshop  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM SIR-Cordis/Cardinal Health Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Film Panel rehearsal Special event  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Compelling Conversation: Advance your career from the get-go Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Lung cryoablation: Patient selection, technology and literature review - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: My Experience with the Indigo System for Arterial Thrombotic Occlusions - Sponsored by Penumbra, Inc., Booth 209 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: nexaris Angio-CT: Joining Forces to Overcome Challenging Procedures - Sponsored by Siemens Healthineers, Booth 138 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM SIR-Abbott Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ticketed Event
Ablation & non-vascular devices (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #1  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: Liver 1 Scientific session  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ticketed Event
Atherectomy & thrombectomy (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #2  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Chemoembolization Techniques Scientific session  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Embolization: Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Pulmonary Scientific session  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Embolization: Musculoskeletal Scientific session  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Imaging: Oncology Scientific session  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Innovation plus In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM International Scholars Special Program Special event  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: Balloon Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty, Sacroplasty - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Non-Vascular Interventions: Biliary Scientific session  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pediatric Intervention Scientific session  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Quality Initiatives Scientific session  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Radioembolization: Technique Scientific session  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: Creating and Maintaining Dialysis Access Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: The ABCs of PAD in the SFA Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM There's No Business Like IR Business--Private Practice Symposium II: IR Practice Management: Tips and Pearls Symposium  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Vascular Therapy 1 Scientific session  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Venous Access Scientific session  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Daily Show Meeting Committee meeting  509  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM SIR-ACR Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Case Competition In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Compelling Conversation: Standard bearer: How a robust program supports the specialty Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Aortic Aneurysms Meet the experts  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Compete or Collaborate? Building an IR Practice Meet the experts  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Dialysis Interventions: Pushing the Envelope Meet the experts  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Future of Ablation: Techniques and Technology Meet the experts  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Interventions of the Inferior Vena Cava Meet the experts  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Pain Management Meet the experts  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PE Response Team? Where do we stand? Meet the experts  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Radioembolization Meet the experts  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM There's No Business Like IR Business--Private Practice Symposium III: Clinical Skills for Building A Successful Stand-Alone Vein Practice Symposium  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Corporate "Fellows" Symposia: LEADING THE WAY IN RADIAL ACCESS: INSIGHTS FOR THE MODERN EMBOLIZATION PRACTICE - Sponsored by Terumo Interventional Systems, Booth 709 Corporate Event  Gold Ballroom 1  JW Marriott LA 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Early Career Section Reception Committee meeting  Diamond 6-7  JW Marriott LA 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Past Presidents' Reception (Invite Only) Special event  Chairman's Suite #1950  JW Marriott LA 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Corporate Evening Symposia: Medtronic Clinical Research in Interventional Oncology - Informal Reception - Sponsored by Medtronic, Booth 315 Corporate Event  Plaza I & II  JW Marriott LA 
6:30 PM - 10:00 PM Corporate Evening Symposia: SIR's Tenth Annual SynIRgy IR-In-Training Dinner - Sponsored by Cook Medical, Booth 325 •Registration is required• Corporate Event  California Ballroom and Foyer   Sheraton 
Tue, 3/20
Time Title Type Room Location
7:00 AM - 9:15 AM APDIR (invitation only) Committee meeting  Platinum C  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM International Education Exchange Committee Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM IRQ Editorial Board Committee meeting  Atrium III  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 9:15 AM Research Grants and Education Division Committee meeting  Olympic III  JW Marriott LA 
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Women in IR Governing Council Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM JVIR Writing Workshop Special event  510  Los Angeles Convention Center 
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Tuesday plenary rehearsal Special event  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Basic Peds Interventions That Every Adult IR Should Know Categorical course  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Best of GEST Categorical course  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Biopsy: Diagnosis Alone Isn't Enough Anymore Categorical course  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Essential Leadership Skills for IR's in Training Categorical course  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Hemodialysis: 2018 Update Categorical course  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Imaging in HCC: See, Reach, Treat and Assess Liver Cancer Categorical course  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Interventional Pain Management 2018 Categorical course  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Interventions that Promote Womens' Health Categorical course  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Medical Device Innovation Categorical course  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ticketed Event
Radial Access (APT) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #1  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ticketed Event
Residents, Fellows, and Medical Students (RFS) Workshop: Crossing devices & ablation 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #2  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: Immunology in IO: What we need to know Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: Portal HTN: Complex TIPs and BRTO Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Venous Access: Managing Complex Venous Occlusions Categorical course  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Gala Committee Committee meeting  Atrium I  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM Government Affairs Committee Committee meeting  Olympic I  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM International Steering Committee Committee meeting  Atrium II  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM NP and PA Section Leadership Committee meeting  Atrium III  JW Marriott LA 
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM RFS Clinical Education Committee Committee meeting  Olympic II  JW Marriott LA 
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM APDIR-RRC Breakout Committee meeting  Platinum B  JW Marriott LA 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: Emprint™ Ablation System with Planning Application - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM SIR-ABR Leadership Meeting (Invite Only) Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM SIR-JSIR Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Compelling Conversation: If you build it, they will come: Practice development as the foundation of value based IR Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: A Shift in the Treatment Paradigm for Clot Removal - My Experience with the Indigo System - Sponsored by Penumbra, Inc., Booth 209 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Experience and evolution of Y90 use in a single center practice: Data from 1,000 patients - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Strategies for Managing Radiation Dose and Image Quality - Sponsored by Siemens Healthineers, Booth 138 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Were VCF Patients at Higher Risk of Mortality Following the 2009 Publication of the Vertebroplasty 'Sham Trials'? - Sponsored by Medtronic, Booth 315 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM SIR 2018 Film Panel: Beat the Geeks & JVIR Awards Plenary  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Penumbra Investigator Meeting Corporate Event  Platinum A  JW Marriott LA 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: The Data Is In: NeuWave's Ablation Confirmation Impacted Treatment in 20% of Cases & Impacts Clinical Decision Making - Sponsored by Neuwave/Ethicon, Booth 101 Corporate Event  Corporate Theater in Expo, Hall A   Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: Embolization Strategies: a Case-Based Approach - Sponsored by Medtronic, Booth 315 Corporate Event  153AB  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: Optimizing TIPS Outcomes for Your Patients - Sponsored by Gore & Associates, Inc., Booth 229 Corporate Event  150AB  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: SIZED FOR SUCCESS: Next Steps in the Clinical Frontier of Embolization - Sponsored by Boston Scientific Corporation, Booth 225 Corporate Event  151  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Lung cryoablation: Exploring the benefits, outcomes and patient selection -Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Targeted RF Ablative Therapy in Treatment of Metastatic Spine Tumors: Innovation and Clinical Evidence - Sponsored by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Booth 215 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM International Scholars Luncheon Special event  512  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: Balloon Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty, Sacroplasty; OsteoCool RF Ablation; Emprint™ Ablation System with Planning Application - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM SIR Members' Business Meeting Special event  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Ablation: M&M Case-based workshop  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Advanced Concepts in Chemoembolization Case-based workshop  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM AMC Post-con meeting Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Complex Venous Access Case-based workshop  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Cosmetic Procedures for the Interventional Radiologist Case-based workshop  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Emerging MSK Interventions: GRIBOI Case-based workshop  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM GI Bleeding: Diagnosis and Intervention Case-based workshop  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Infrapopliteal Arterial Interventions Case-based workshop  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM IR-In-Training Exhibit Hall Tour In-training session  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM LEARN CTO: Los Angeles 2018 Symposium  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PE Intervention: Consensus and Controversy Case-based workshop  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Physical Examination and Noninvasive Testing Case-based workshop  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Safety Situations: Bariatric, Geriatric, Pediatric, Pregnant Case-based workshop  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM SAM: Prostate Embolization: 2018 Update Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM SAM: Staying Safe in the IR suite: Radiation and Occupation Exposures Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Splenic Reduction: Options and Indications Case-based workshop  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Thrombolysis and Thrombectomy- Arterial and Venous Case-based workshop  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Vascular Malformations (VMs): How I do it Case-based workshop  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Venous Sampling- Renal, Adrenal, Portal, Hepatic, Petrosal, Parathyroid Case-based workshop  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Compelling Conversation: ABR OLA, your new MOC Part 3 experience Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: CT Intervention: 3D isn't just for Movies - Sponsored by Siemens Healthineers, Booth 138 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Radiation Lobectomy: Key Concepts and Clinical Factors Associated with Contralateral Lobe Hypertrophy- Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Using Packing Coils to Reduce Reliance on Clotting Cascade - Sponsored by Penumbra, Inc., Booth 209 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: MSK Scientific session  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: Renal Scientific session  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Advanced Concepts in Radioembolization Case-based workshop  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Chemoembolization: Liver 2 Scientific session  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ticketed Event
Coils, plugs & embolics-liquids, spheres, particles (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #1  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Dialysis Scientific session  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Education and Training Scientific session  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Embolization: Miscellaneous Scientific session  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Image Guided Technology Scientific session  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM IR-In-Training Critical Care Session In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Portal Hypertension Scientific session  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Radioembolization: Applications Scientific session  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: A Practical Approach to Vascular Malformations Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: All Bleeding Stops...Eventually: Controversies in the Management of Bleeding Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Update from the SIR Stroke Advisory Committee Categorical course  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Venous: Pulmonary Embolism Scientific session  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM SIR-CIRA Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  507 (Leadership)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Daily Show Meeting Committee meeting  509  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Grad Med Leadership/NRMP Committee meeting  Studio I  JW Marriott LA 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Compelling Conversation: Shape your IR destiny: Your career starts now Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: A proven interventional treatment for chronic DVT: The Access PTS Study - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Beyond IR/DR: What is Next for our Specialty? Meet the experts  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM BRTO Meet the experts  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM How to Compete at a Lung Cancer Tumor Board Meet the experts  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM How to Start a Clinical Trial Meet the experts  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM IR-In-Training Film Panel In-training session  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM mCRC Local Therapy: Where do IO Therapies Have an Impact? Meet the experts  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Uterine Artery Embolization: Current and Future Considerations Meet the experts  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM What you need to know to build a Stroke Practice Meet the experts  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM SIR Poster Reception Special event  Concourse Foyer  Los Angeles Convention Center 
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM SIRPAC Reception Special event  Diamond 2  JW Marriott LA 
Wed, 3/21
Time Title Type Room Location
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM SIR-SIDI Leadership Meeting Committee meeting  401  Los Angeles Convention Center 
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Wednesday plenary rehearsal Special event  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Bariatric IR: From A-Z Categorical course  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Coding and Billing Tips Categorical course  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ticketed Event
Complex IVC Filter retrieval (APT) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #2  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Conscious about Sedation: SIR Meets ARIN Categorical course  Petree Hall D  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Controversies in PAD- Pros and Cons Categorical course  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Emerging Concepts in Radioembolization for HCC Categorical course  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Endovascular Management of Visceral Aneurysms Categorical course  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Ticketed Event
IVC Filters (HOW) 		Hands-on workshop  Hands-on Learning Lab #1  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM MSK (Spine) Intervention/ Augmentation Categorical course  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Portal HTN- The Basics: Pathogenesis and Management Categorical course  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: Current Status of Stroke: A 2018 Update Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM SAM: How to open an outpatient vein and aesthetics office Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Simulation in Interventional Radiology: The Future of IR education Categorical course  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Treating children, when things go wrong: M+M Categorical course  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: OsteoCool RF Ablation - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Compelling Conversation: Your roadmap for the IR/DR Transition Pathway Compelling Conversation  SIR Central-Booth #735  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Eat and Be Educated Session: Renal cryoablation: Arming yourself for successful outcomes, literature review and case presentation - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EXPO Break Special event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Big Data, Watson, and Why your Diagnostic Colleagues may not have Jobs in 10 Years Plenary  West Hall B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Corporate Lunch Symposia: VenaSeal™ Closure System: Clinical Data and Real World Experience - Sponsored by Medtronic, Booth 315 Corporate Event  153AB  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eat and Be Educated Session: Back to the future in embolics: Get more from your embolic through radiopacity - Sponsored by BTG, Booth 525 Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM International Scholars Luncheon Special event  512  Los Angeles Convention Center 
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Medtronic Hands-On Product Labs: Peripheral Vascular Therapies - Medtronic mobile lab located at the rear of the Expo Corporate Event  West Hall A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Aortoiliac Intervention (Complex Cases and Complications) Case-based workshop  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Basic Embolization III (Patient Selection and Triage) Case-based workshop  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Career Pivots, ABR Certificates, and Retirement Planning Case-based workshop  502A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Complex Hemodialysis Access Intervention Case-based workshop  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Emergent Embolotherapy- Latrogenic Hemorrhage Case-based workshop  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Endoscopy For the Interventional Radiologist Case-based workshop  Petree Hall C  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Legal Issues in IR: Real Life Cases Case-based workshop  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lung Ablation: Patient and Device Selection Case-based workshop  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Lymphatic Imaging and Intervention Case-based workshop  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Managing Problematic Fluid Collections Case-based workshop  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Portal Hypertension I: Tips, Dips Case-based workshop  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) Symposium  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM SAM: Trans-Radial Access: The Basics Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sedation and Analgesia M&M Case-based workshop  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ticketed Event
SIR: The Stroke Course 		Symposium  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Stroke Hands-on Workshop 		Hands-on workshop  403B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Stroke Hands-on Workshop 		Hands-on workshop  502B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Ticketed Event
Stroke Hands-on Workshop 		Hands-on workshop  503  Los Angeles Convention Center 
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Women's Health: Uterine Fibroid Embolization (UFE) and Beyond Case-based workshop  411 (Theater)  Los Angeles Convention Center 
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM SIR Coffee Break Special event  West Hall Lobby  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: Liver 2 Scientific session  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: Miscellaneous Scientific session  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Ablation: Science Scientific session  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Chemoembolization: Miscellaneous Scientific session  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Chemoembolization: Science Scientific session  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Melange Scientific session  410  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Oncology Science Scientific session  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: IVC Filter Seminar Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM SAM: Racial, Ethnic and Gender Disparities in IR Self-assessment module (SAM) session  408B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Vascular Therapy 2 Scientific session  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Venous Interventions Scientific session  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Venous: Thrombus Management Scientific session  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Daily Show Meeting Committee meeting  509  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease Meet the experts  406B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM How to Start Your Career Meet the experts  405  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM IR/DR Certification Meet the experts  409B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Lower-Extremity Chronic Venous Disease: When and How to Intervene Meet the experts  406A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Regional HCC Tumor Therapy: Practical Approach to Expanding Options Meet the experts  404A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Spine Intervention Meet the experts  404B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Stroke Reception Special event  400 Meeting Room Concourse  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Venous Insufficiency Meet the experts  409A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM What you need to know about treating Vascular Malformations Meet the experts  407  Los Angeles Convention Center 
Thu, 3/22
Time Title Type Room Location
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) Symposium  402A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Ticketed Event
IR Domain: The Essentials 		Symposium  402B  Los Angeles Convention Center 
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Ticketed Event
SIR: The Stroke Course 		Symposium  403A  Los Angeles Convention Center 
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Daily Show Meeting Committee meeting  509  Los Angeles Convention Center