Awards at Annual Scientific Meeting
Gold Medal
The SIR Gold Medal is the Society's highest honor. This medal is awarded to individuals who
have demonstrated continuing distinguished and extraordinary service to SIR or to the discipline
of cardiovascular and interventional radiology. Gold Medal recipients exemplify those individuals
who have devoted their talent and energy to advance the quality of medicine, patient care, and
interventional radiology and who have helped to ensure the future of our specialty through their
outstanding dedication. Service to interventional radiology may include teaching, basic research, clinical
investigation or other activities, such as outstanding contributions to SIR, to other
medical organizations, to governmental agencies or to related groups.
Dotter Lecturer
The Annual Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecturer was established in 1984 to honor one the
founding fathers of interventional radiology. To date, 18 respected senior
interventional radiologists have been chosen to deliver this special lecture during
the SIR annual meeting. Each year the SIR President gets the honors to select the next
years interventionalist for their extraordinary contributions to the field, dedicated
service to SIR, and distinguished career achievements in interventional radiology.
From its inception, this lecture has been supported through an endowment provided by
Cook Incorporated.
SIR Foundation -- Leaders in Innovation Award
Members of the Society who promote innovation within SIR are honored with the Leaders in Innovation Award. This award
recognizes an individual who has conceptualized and implemented an idea that has had an advantageous impact
on the practice of interventional radiology. This innovation can be a device, technique, approach,
clinical practice model, or anything else having a significant improvement on the quality of patient care
or economics of interventional radiology.
Dr. Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award
The Dr.
Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award promotes excellence
in academic research for members early in their careers. This
award honors the founding editor of JVIR by recognizing the
importance of the young investigator in developing the
interventional solutions for the future.
Resident/Fellow SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Research Award
The SIR Resident/Fellow
Research Award is designed to provide residents and fellows
an opportunity to attend and present scientific research at the
SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. The intent is to expose young
researchers, who wish to further their career in interventional
radiology, to the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.
Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student SIR Annual Scientific
Meeting Research Award
The purpose of the Dr.
Constantin Cope Medical Student Award is to introduce
interested medical students to the greater interventional
radiology community at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting. The
intent is to recognize the student author of an accepted abstract
that best honors the spirit of inventiveness and scientific
purity. Medical students in their second, third or fourth year at
an accredited medical school who have demonstrated an interest in
interventional radiology as a career and have participated in an
original research project may apply.
Annual Scientific Meeting Travel Award
Due to generous corporate sponsorship, SIR is able to offer the Resident-in-Training Scholarship for the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, D.C. This program is open to all first- and second-year radiology residents and is an opportunity to learn about interventional radiology at an early stage in your medical careers.
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