Section

Association of Program Directors in Interventional Radiology (APDIR)

This section stimulates interest in and provides guidelines for teaching in cardiovascular and interventional radiology. The section also addresses the educational, regulatory and financial issues that affect the future of IR.

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APDIR community on SIR Connect Register for the 2025 APDIR Education Meeting

The APDIR will hold an Annual Business Meeting during SIR’s Annual Scientific Meeting. An annual Educational Meeting may be held at a separate time and location as determined by the APDIR Board of Directors.

Membership in APDIR is assigned to individual institutions:

  • Active membership: All institutions within the United States that have at least one of the following ACGME-accredited training programs: integrated interventional radiology residency, independent interventional radiology residency, or vascular and interventional radiology fellowship, are eligible for active membership. ESIR-only programs may choose to be an active member or an associate member.
  • Associate membership: All other radiology training programs, including ESIR-only programs, non-ACGME-accredited IR fellowship programs and programs seeking initial IR residency accreditation, are eligible for associate membership. Radiology training programs recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RSPSC) are also eligible for associate membership. Representatives from training programs with associate membership may not vote or hold office.

For questions about APDIR membership, please contact gme@sirweb.org.

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Join APDIR and ensure your IR and ESIR residents are prepared for  residency.

For ESIR-only programs, APDIR associate membership covers the diagnostic radiology program director and/or an IR faculty member who oversees the ESIR program along with the program coordinator.

APDIR will make sure your program has the resources it needs to enhance your ESIR curriculum and meet program requirements.

Benefits of APDIR membership:

  • Program Directors and Coordinators have access to the APDIR Community on SIR Connect, complete with access to discussion and library.  Coordinators also have access to a Program Coordinator community.
  • Programs receive a discounted rate for access to Residency Essentials program for their residents
  • Programs are able to send 1 senior resident to the IR Residency Practicum with a discounted registration rate and a complimentary hotel night during meeting.
  • Program Directors receive Invitation to the APDIR Business Meeting at the SIR Annual Scientific Meeting
  • Program Directors and Program Coordinators receive invitation and discounted registration to the APDIR Education Meeting

For questions about APDIR membership, please contact gme@sirweb.org.

Current roster

2024–2025 APDIR Board of Directors

  • President: Quinn C. Meisinger, MD, University of California, San Diego, CA
  • President-elect: Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
  • Immediate past president: Jeffrey L. Weinstein, MD, FSIR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
  • Secretary treasurer: Joanna Kee-Sampson, MD, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
  • Membership councilor: Tom R. Burdick, MD, Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH
  • Councilor, at-large: Rex M. Pillai, MD, TPMG, Roseville, CA
  • SIR Education Division councilor: Sun-Ho-Ahn, MD, FSIR, Brown University, Providence, RI
  • SIR RFS chair ex-officio: Linzi Arndt Webster, MD, MBA, Mount Sinai, New York
  • SIR President ex-officio: Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, FSIR, Northwestern Medical, Chicago
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APDIR education meeting
The next APDIR education meeting will be held on October 8, 2025 at the Westin San Diego Bayview Hotel. 
Register today!