General News

To Ease Shortage, FDA Lets 2 Cancer Drugs Be Imported (New York Times, Feb. 21, 2012) Replay of FDA Briefing Regarding Progress on Drug Shortages Available by Calling (800) 839-8792 or (203) 369-8792 (International) Until March 21; Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Was Featured Presenter (Feb. 21, 2012) SIR Members: 2012 Coding Update Now Available for Free Download; Nonmembers May Purchase for $249 (Feb. 15, 2012) Coming Soon: SIR's 37th Annual Scientific Meeting March 24-29 in San Francisco; Registration Brochure Available; Register Today; International Attendees: Get General Visa/Travel Information; Reporters: Media Alert/Press Registration Open, Visit SIR's SIR 2012 Online Newsroom Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Changes Division Names, Streamlines Process (Feb. 10, 2012) New Way to Treat Drug-Resistant High Blood Pressure Tested in Michigan (Detroit Free Press, Feb. 1, 2012) SIR Members Named to "Chicago's Top Doctors": Albert A. Nemcek Jr., M.D., FSIR; Riad Salem, M.D., MBA, FSIR; Robert Vogelzang, M.D., FSIR (Chicago Magazine, January 2012) From American Board of Radiology: ABMS to Publicly Report Status of All Board-certified Physicians; Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Status Posting Starts Aug. 1 (Feb. 6, 2012) February's Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology Podcast Features Discussion on Innovation, Device Development and Commercialization in IR Community; Find JVIR Podcasts on SIR's or JVIR's Web Site (Feb. 1, 2012) Innovation Competition: Qualcomm and X Prize Foundations Challenge Technology/Medical Innovators to Develop Mobile (Star Trek-like) Tricorder to Diagnose 15 Diseases Without Poking, Prodding or Invasive Tests (Feb. 1, 2012) Northern Virginia Magazine Lists Numerous SIR Members/Vascular and Interventional Radiologists Among Area's Top Doctors (Feb. 1, 2012)

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; Please Remember to Designate ACR (324) as Primary Society of Record When Renewing or Joining; 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