General News

Canadian Doctors Perform Country's First Renal Denervation: Important Breakthrough for Those With High Blood Pressure; SIR member Dheeraj K. Rajan, M.D., FSIR, Led Medical Team (CTV News, Jan. 17, 2012)
 
DVT Can Be Deadly: A First-hand Account (Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2012)
 
Effort to Reverse Exclusion of Uterine Fibroid Embolization in Brazil a Success; SIR Submitted Letter of Support to SoBRICE
 
Still Time to Apply for SIR's New International Travel Scholarship Program; Online Application Open; Please Forward Program Information to International Colleagues (Jan. 11, 2011)
 
Explore SIR's 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting Programming: Registration Brochure Available; Register Today; Early Bird Rate Ends Feb. 17
 
Not Equal: Quality of Care, Cost for PAD Sufferers: Study of More Than 14,000 Medicare Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease Helps Consumers Navigate Medical Provider and Treatment Choice; Read the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Study (Jan. 3, 2012)
 
Registration Open for Y90: Are YoU Ready? to be Held Feb. 9-12, 2012, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
 
Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Receives Support From Siemens Medical (Dec. 20, 2011)

Member News

Call to Action: Protect SIR's Seat in the AMA House of Delegates - Please Join AMA Today; Read Action Alert From SIR President Timothy P. Murphy, M.D., FSIR; Read More in SIR E-News; SIR Says Thank You; See List of SOS (Save Our Seat) Supporters
 
January E-News Now Available (Jan. 13, 2012)
 
January/February IR News Available (Jan. 12, 2012)
 
SIR Comments to CMS on Carotid Atherosclerosis (Jan. 5, 2012)
 
SIR Comments to CMS on 2012 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule (Jan. 4, 2012)
 
SIR 2012 Slate of Candidates Announced (Dec. 22, 2011)
 
Drug Shortage Update - From the Interventional Oncology Service Line (Nov. 18, 2011)
 
SIR Members Strongly Encouraged to Contact BMS About Platinol Discontinuation (Dec. 21, 2010)
Read SIR's Follow-up Letter to BMS Regarding Platinol Discontinuation (Dec. 21, 2010)
SIR Expresses Concern to Bristol-Myers Squibb on Decision to No Longer Provide Platinol (Cisplatin) Powder for Patients Undergoing Transhepatic Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE), Notes Negative Impact on Patient Care, Asks BMS to Reconsider Discontinuation or to Delay Dec. 31 Deadline (Dec. 10, 2010)
 
Discover Clinical Observerships and Procedural Visiting Fellowships in Interventional Radiology