Corporate Relations: News and Opportunities

The Society of Interventional Radiology is pleased to offer this site for our corporate partners in order to provide the latest news as well as current opportunities for program sponsorship. SIR appreciates the commitment you make to the future of IR through your continued support, and SIR hopes to meet your needs while providing quality education and information to our members.

For additional information, please contact Beth Allgaier, SIR director of corporate relations, via email at ballgaier@SIRweb.org or phone (703) 460-5564.

Webinar: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Clinical Update on Diagnosis and Treatment

Thursday, Sept. 30
8 – 9:30 p.m. EDT
7 – 8:30 p.m. CDT
6 – 7:30 p.m. MDT
5 – 6:30 p.m. PDT

Course Description: This Webinar will review the current strategies for treating patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) from the office to the interventional suite. Topics will include current screening and diagnostic recommendations, medical management for small AAAs, procedural planning and techniques for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), including percutaneous access and surveillance strategies and management of complications including endoleak.

Webinar Support Opportunities

Live Webinar Support: $2,500

Supporters receive:

  • Two free log-ins for this program (live and archived versions), which can be used for lunch-and-learn continuing education opportunities with groups of practitioners
  • Logo placement on the SIR Learning Center Web site and recognition on the SIR Web site
  • Live and archived program company recognition for the life of the program (minimum three years)

For additional sponsorship information, please email CorporateRelations@SIRweb.org or phone (703) 460-5564.

Letter of Agreement for Corporate Support

Program and Corporate Support Information

Corporate Opportunities Schedule

The best way to interface with the decision-makers in interventional radiology is through support of SIR and SIR Foundation initiatives. SIR's 4,500 members rely on the Society and SIR Foundation for education, advocacy, practice development,research forums and professional networking.

Read about ways in which you can communicate your message to interventional radiologists in SIR's Corporate Opportunities Schedule.

SIR's Summer Sale

SIR's summer sale is now in progress on the IR Store. Please visit for deep discounts on materials and publications.

Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)

October 24-28, 2010
Grand Hyatt DFW Dallas, Texas

Called "the best conference I ever attended" by many 2009 attendees, Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS) returns in 2010. This five-day didactic course, with 25.50 ACCME Level 1 credit hours, is designed with lectures, panel discussions, teaching files, case scenarios and hands-on interaction with flow models. The course is intended for physicians with ACGME training and experience in the fundamentals of neuroimaging, catheter-directed cerebral angiography and subselective peripheral or neuro-endovascular catheter-directed therapy who seek to incorporate acute ischemic stroke care into their practice and/or upgrade their knowledge and skill base. This course has proved useful for even the most well-trained specialists, including interventional radiologists, neurointerventionists, vascular neurologists, and IR and neuro fellows.

Click here for CLOTS corporate support opportunities and exhibit information.

Update on Critical Limb Ischemia Webinar

Thank you to Abbott Vascular and Cook Medical for their support of the July 21, 2010, Webinar: Update on Critical Limb Ischemia. This Webinar was recorded and will be available in the SIR Learning Center in mid-August. Our next live Webinar topics will be abdominal aortic aneurism and radiation safety in IR, both taking place in fall 2010. Dates and program information will be posted on the SIR Web site as they become available.

Webinar Support Opportunities

Live Webinar Sponsorship: $2,500

Supporters receive:

  • Two free logins to the SIR Learning Center, which can be used for "lunch-and-learn" continuing education opportunities with groups of practitioners. Logins are good through the life of the archived program as well.
  • Logo placement on the SIR Learning Center Web site and live Webinar site
  • Live Webinar sponsor company recognition for the life of the archived program (minimum three years for live webinar)

For additional sponsorship information, please email CorporateRelations@SIRweb.org, or phone (703) 460-5564.

IR Store

Please download the SIR 2009-2010 Publications Catalog for a complete listing of SIR materials and publications that can be purchased and used to enhance relationships with your IR customers. To see all Society products, visit the IR Store.

Free Online Journal Product Resource Guide: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

This online resource is designed to provide IRs and other heath care professionals involved in the purchasing of IR products with a comprehensive directory of IR equipment, devices and services. The guide allows access to your contact information and content categorized by type of device, procedure or equipment.

Please create your free company listing today by going to http://products.JVIR.org/.

The Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology brings more than 5,000 readers monthly clinical studies, laboratory investigations, brief scientific reports, continuing education articles and employment opportunities.

SIR Foundation Discovery Campaign

This year marks the initiation of the Discovery Campaign's outreach to industry for support. The Discovery Campaign, launched initially in 2007 with an SIR membership phase, is a major fund-raising initiative that will further the growth of minimally invasive medicine into new areas of discovery. SIR Foundation invites your company to join with us to keep the pioneering nature of interventional radiology alive, vibrant and expanding as we journey together into the future of modern medical miracles and breakthroughs.

Benefits of Corporate Membership

The Society of Interventional Radiology is a non-profit, national scientific organization deeply committed to its mission to improve health and the quality of life through the practice of cardiovascular and interventional radiology. The Society promotes education, research and communication in the field while providing strong leadership in the development of health care policy to its more than 4,500 members. Corporate membership in the Society can put you in touch with physicians worldwide and your products in front of the decision-makers from hundreds of practices and institutions.

Some of the many benefits of SIR corporate membership include

  • Company listing in the Online SIR Membership Directory
  • One complimentary set of mailing labels per year and unlimited sets of labels at a discounted rate (mailers subject to review by SIR)
  • Three subscriptions (12 issues per year) and online access to SIR’s Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR)
  • Bi-monthly issues of IR News, the Society’s newsletter
  • Discounts on SIR publications
  • Company listing and Web site link on SIR Corporate Web site
  • Three issues of the SIR Coding User’s Guide
  • Recognition at the SIR booth during the Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Reduced exhibit space booth fee: $29/square foot (on or before Oct. 7, 2010); $31/square foot (after Oct. 7, 2010)
  • Discounted rate for participation in the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting New Product Showcase&trade

Click here for SIR's Corporate Membership application. Dues are $3,000 annually.

If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact the membership department at SIR headquarters by calling (703) 460-5564 or send an email to CorporateRelations@SIRweb.org.

Message From SIR Leadership: The IR Workforce Outlook

To Our Corporate Partners,

Recently some of our corporate partners have asked about the future of the interventional radiology workforce. In particular, there have been some questions regarding the proportion of trainees entering interventional radiology relative to those entering vascular surgery. In our opinion, the best estimator for the future workforce is the number of trainees entering training programs of these two specialties. As some of you may be aware, there is a formal process by which trainees are "matched" with fellowships that is run by an independent organization called the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Data from the fellowship match is published annually on their Web site www.NRMP.org with the most recent data in the report, "Results and Data: Specialties Matching Service 2010 Appointment Year."

The raw data from this report is linked as Appendix A and Appendix B. This data is summarized in Figure 1 for interventional radiology and in Figure 2 for vascular surgery. In short, this data indicate that interest in interventional radiology fellowships has been growing steadily over the past five years. All indicators of interest in IR training (number of applications, number of matched fellows and numbers of applicants per position) have all shown noticeable increases over this time period. On the other hand, the data indicate that interest in vascular surgery fellowships has peaked in the past few years and is now waning. The same indicators mentioned above have all decreased for vascular surgery fellowships over the past three years and is stagnant relative to five years ago.

We hope that this data from NRMP help to alleviate any concern that you may have relative to the future of interventional radiology. As you can see, interest in training is on an upward trend and is expected to continue to grow for the foreseeable future. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

James F. Benenati, M.D., FSIR
President, SIR

Daniel A. Siragusa, M.D.
Graduate Medical Education Councilor, SIR

 

To learn more, email Corporate Relations Department.