Governance and leadership

The Steering Council is responsible for moving forward strategic initiatives and priorities of the SIR and SIR Foundation Strategic Plan. Comprised of representatives from both SIR and SIR Foundation, this collaborative group reviews issues and opportunities that arise from sections, divisions, clinician specialty councils and committees. The Steering Council encourages and places an emphasis on proposals that include collaborative input and engagement across divisions and Clinical Specialty Councils to address critical issues.

The Steering Council has the authority to delegate work to the appropriate body or establish task forces to advance such work. If a need for additional resources arises, the proposal is managed by the Steering Council and then, as appropriate, advanced to the SIR Board of Directors for authorizing supplementary resources as necessary.

The Steering Council has the authority to move strategy forward as outlined by the joint SIR and SIR Foundation Strategic Plan. The Steering Council is responsible for organizing and monitoring activity across organizational bodies and makes recommendations to the board through the SIR secretary.

Composition

The SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council consists of the SIR secretary, SIR division councilors, SIR Foundation division chairs and clinical specialty councilors. Additional at-large members may be added by the SIR Board of Directors, as needed. The SIR secretary serves as chair of the Steering Council and is responsible for communicating actions of the council to the board. The Steering Council meets approximately six times annually.

• SIR secretary (chair)
• SIR Foundation division chairs
• SIR division councilors
• Clinical specialty councilors
• At-large members (as needed)

• Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR; Secretary, SIR (Chair)
• Kumar Madassery, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Annual Scientific Meeting
• Ammar Sarwar, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Health Policy & Economics
• Sanjeeva P. Kalva, MD, FACR, MBBS, RPVI, FSIR; Councilor, International
• Jason C. Hoffmann, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Member Services
• Luke R. Wilkins, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Guidelines and Statements
• Raj Pyne, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Practice Management
• Rajesh Shah, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Quality and Performance Improvement
• Sun-Ho Ahn, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Education
• Resmi Charalel, MD, MPH, FSIR; Chair, Clinical Research and Registries  
• Nainesh Parikh, MD, MBA, FSIR; Chair, Development
• David A. Woodrum, MD, FSIR; Chair, Research and Grants
• Dania Daye, MD, PhD; Chair, Research Education and Outreach
• Rahul A. Sheth, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Interventional Oncology
• Manraj K. Heran, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Neurointerventional Radiology
• Neil J. Resnick, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Pain Management
• Aparna Annam, DO, FSIR; Councilor, Pediatric Interventional Radiology
• Brian J. Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR; Councilor, Peripheral Arterial Disease
• AJ Gunn, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Renal and Genitourinary
• William T. Kuo, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Venous Disease
• Keith Pereira, MD, FSIR; Councilor, Women's Health