The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Clinical Specialty Councils are charged with advising and developing programs and services for SIR members on both image-guided procedures and non-procedural patient care. Each Clinical Specialty Council shall provide critical assessment and oversight of the overall status of IR and of existing SIR activities within that clinical domain.
Additionally, the Clinical Specialty Councils are responsible for integrating with SIR and SIR Foundation efforts in clinical practice development, economics and health policy, research, quality, education/training, and communications into an overall development strategy for that clinical domain; and effectively communicate the Clinical Specialty Councils strategic direction to the other SIR divisions on an ongoing basis.
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 (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
Kumar Madassery, MD, FSIR (Councilor, 2023-2025)
Brian J. Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR (Vice Chair)
Renal and GU Council
Bart L. Dolmatch, MD, FSIR (Councilor, 2024-2026)
Andrew Gunn, MD, FSIR (Vice Chair)
Venous Council
Ronald S. Winokur, MD, RPVI, FSIR (Councilor, 2023-2025)
William T. Kuo, MD, FSIR (Vice Chair)
Women’s Health Council
Claire Kaufman, MD (Councilor, 2023-2025)
Keith Pereira, MD, FSIR (Vice Chair)
Composition
SIR Clinical Specialty Councils 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 two years. Vice chairs are nominated by the SIR Nominating Committee and elected by SIR membership to serve a two-year term before ascending into the role of councilor. Division representatives will serve a term of three years with the eligibility to be reappointed for an additional three-year term. Representatives shall be appointed in collaboration with SIR division councilors and will follow the term per their role within the division committee. At-large volunteers shall be appointed by the SIR Board of Directors upon recommendation by the councilor and vice chair of the selected CSC. At-large volunteers shall serve a three-year term with an opportunity for a three-year reappointment.
Annually, SIR shall support an application period for all CSCs requesting new volunteers.
Position descriptions
Clinical Specialty Councilor
Clinical Specialty Council vice chair
At-large CSC volunteer
Division representative
Pediatric representative
RFS representative
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Clinical Specialty Areas
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