Clinical Specialty Councils

Clinical Specialty Councils are charged with advising and developing programs and services for SIR members on both image-guided procedures and nonprocedural patient care.

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The Society of Interventional Radiology Clinical Specialty Councils (CSCs) are charged with advising and developing programs and services for SIR members on both image-guided procedures and nonprocedural patient care. Each CSC shall provide critical assessment and oversight of the overall status of IR and of existing SIR activities within that clinical domain.

The eight CSCs each focus on a specific clinical domain and are responsible for integrating functional division efforts with SIR and SIR Foundation. They are also tasked with collaborating in clinical practice development, health policy and economics, research, quality, and education and training. Through collaboration with these functional areas, CSCs advise SIR and SIR Foundation in the following ways:

  • Proposing research topics for SIR Foundation prioritization
  • Suggesting topics for SIR guidelines and statements development and participating in writing panels to complete such documents
  • Identifying gaps and needs in SIR education and recommending programs to fill those needs
  • Recommending responsive actions for health policy and economics requests
  • Identifying other organizations in the clinical specialty space and noting opportunities for external collaboration or outreach
Clinical Specialty Council leadership

Interventional Oncology (IO) Council

  •  Rahul A. Sheth, MD, FSIR: Councilor, 2022–2026
  •  Nora E. Tabori, MD: Vice chair

Neurointerventional Radiology Council

  • Manraj K. Heran, MD, FSIR: Councilor, 2024–2026
  • Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FACR, FSIR: Vice chair

Pain Management Council

  • Neil J. Resnick, MD, FSIR: Councilor, 2023–2026
  • J. Dana Dunleavy, MD: Vice chair

Pediatric IR Council

  • Aparna Annam, DO, FSIR: Councilor, 2024–2026
  • Gulraiz Chaudry, MD, FSIR: Vice chair

Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Council

  • Brian J. Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR: Councilor, 2025–2027
  • Srini Tummala, MD, FSIR: Vice chair

Renal and GU Council

  • Bart L. Dolmatch, MD, FSIR: Councilor, 2024–2026
  • Andrew Gunn, MD, FSIR: Vice chair

Venous Council

  • William T. Kuo, MD, FSIR: Councilor, 2025–2027
  • Rex M. Pillai, MD, FSIR: Vice chair

Women’s Health Council

  • Keith Pereira, MD, FSIR: Councilor, 2025–2027
  • Teodora Bochnakova, MD: Vice chair
Composition

SIR CSCs shall consist of a councilor, vice chair, functional division representatives and at-large members from SIR membership. Clinical specialty councilors are expected to serve a term of 2 years. Vice chairs are nominated by the SIR Nominating Committee and elected by SIR membership to serve a 2-year term before ascending into the role of councilor. Functional division representatives and at-large members will serve a term of 3 years with the eligibility to be reappointed for an additional 3-year term. Representatives shall be appointed in collaboration with SIR division councilors. At-large volunteers shall be appointed by the SIR Board of Directors upon recommendation by the councilor and vice chair of the selected CSC. Annually, SIR shall support an application period for all CSCs requesting new volunteers.

All CSC volunteers are expected abide by SIR volunteer policies.

Position descriptions

SIR Connect allows members to opt in to disease state specific discussion groups based on their individual areas of interest.  

Clinical specialty areas 

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