Society awards

The Gold Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Interventional Radiology.

Call for nominations deadline May 1

Process
The SIR Gold Medal Awards Committee selects the medalists. The committee's recommendation(s) are sent to the SIR Executive Council for approval. Immediately following approval, the SIR president calls the honorees to announce that they have been chosen.

Gold Medal Committee Charge
The Gold Medal Awards Committee shall consist of the president as chair, the immediate past president, president-elect and the chair of the Fellows' Affairs Committee. The president may appoint two additional at-large individuals.

The committee will consider all candidates nominated by members and fellows of SIR. The committee may also submit internal nominations. The committee will submit not more than three names for endorsement by the Executive Council.

Nominations received in previous years are reactivated the following year unless withdrawn by the nominator. Members of the SIR Executive Council and the chair of the Fellows' Affairs Committee may not act as primary nominators or sponsors and are ineligible to be nominated for—or to receive—the Gold Medal during their term of office.

How to submit a nomination
Nomination submissions should describe the nominee's qualifications for the award and should include a detailed curriculum vitae. The primary nominator is responsible for initiating the submission of at least two letters of support from other SIR members.

Send your nominations by May 1 to:
Chair, SIR Gold Medal Committee
c/o Debbie Katsarelis
SIR
3975 Fair Ridge Drive
Suite 400 North
Fairfax, VA 22033
Phone: (703) 691-1805
Fax: (703) 691-1855
Email: dkatsarelis@sirweb.org

SIR Gold Medal Nomination timeline

Quarterly: Call for nomination reminders (July, October, January, April)
March 1: Convene committee
April: First committee conference call
May 1: Deadline for nomination applications
June 1: Nominees selected
June 15: Executive Council vote completed
June 30: Nominees informed
July 31: Write ups for Annual Scientific Meeting Registration Brochure completed

SIR Gold Medalists to date

2018: John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR, Renate L. Soulen, MD, FSIR, Karim Valji, MD, FSIR

2017: Katherine L. Krol, MD, FSIR, Jeanne M. LaBerge, MD, FSIR, Gao-Jun Teng, MD, FSIR

2016: Ernest J. Ferris, MD, FSIR, Ho-Young Song, MD, FSIR, Robert L. Vogelzang, MD, FSIR

2015: Harvey L. Neiman, M.D., FSIR; Anne C. Roberts, M.D., FSIR; and Johannes Lammer, M.D., FSIR

2014: Michael D. Dake, M.D., FSIR; Matthew A. Mauro, M.D., FSIR; and Lenny K. Tan, M.D., FSIR

2013: Wilfrido R. Castañeda-Zuniga, M.D., FSIR; David A. Kumpe, M.D., FSIR and Kenneth R. Thomson, M.D., FSIR

2012: Kyung J. Cho, MD, FSIR; Dimitris Kelekis, MD, PhD, FSIR; Louis G. Martin, MD, FSIR

2011: Andrew B. Crummy, MD, FSIR; Gordon K. McLean, MD, FSIR; Peter B. Lauer, CAE

2010: John D. Fulco, MD, FSIR; Irvin F. Hawkins, MD, FSIR; David C. Levin, MD, FSIR

2009: Andreas Adam, MB, BS, FSIR, FRCR; Vincent P. Chuang, MD, FSIR; Thomas A. Sos, MD, FSIR

2008: Gary J. Becker, MD; Mark H. Wholey, MD; Gary S. Dorfman, MD

2007: Rolf W. Gunther, MD; Eugene Klatte, MD; Julio Palmaz, MD

2006: Plinio Rossi, MD, FSIR: Harold Mitty, MD, FSIR; Eric Martin, MD, FSIR

2005: Frederick Keller, MD, FSIR; John Abele

2004: Stewart Reuter, MD, JD, FSIR; Franklin J. Miller, MD, FSIR

2003: Arthur Waltman, MD, FSIR; Sidney Wallace, MD, FSIR

2002: Barry T. Katzen, MD, FSIR; Joseph J. Bookstein, MD, FSIR

2001: William J. Casarella, MD, FSIR; Ernest J. Ring, MD, FSIR

2000: Helen Redman, MD; Herbert L. Abrams, MD, FSIR; Robert I. White Jr., MD, FSIR

1999: Constantin Cope, MD, FSIR; William Cook

1998: Stanley Baum, MD, FSIR; Anders M. Lunderquist, MD, FSIR

1997: John L. Doppman, MD; Josef Rosch, MD, FSIR

1996: Kurt Amplatz, MD, FSIR; Cesare Gianturco, MD

Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture

Purpose

The Charles T. Dotter Lecture was initiated in 1984 as an annual invited lecture to honor Dr. Dotter as one of the founding fathers of interventional radiology. The award provides a forum for the recipient to deliver the special Dr. Charles T. Dotter Lecture during the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting.

Process

The lecturer is selected by the SIR president. The award has been given to one non member, non IR once. The lecture is published annually in the JVIR.

Eligibility criteria

Awardees are senior interventionalists recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the field, dedicated service to the Society, and distinguished career achievements in interventional radiology.

Sponsorship

From its inception, this lecture has been supported by the SIR Foundation.

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