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Recent past APDIR Meetings

APDIR Education Meeting 
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
San Diego, CA
This meeting will be co-located with SIR EDGE 2025

APDIR membership

The APDIR shall organize or develop meetings, seminars and other educational activities appropriate to its purpose. The APDIR will hold an Annual Business Meeting during the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology. 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 an 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 information about APDIR membership, please contact gme@sirweb.org. 

2024-2025 APDIR Board of Directors

• President – Jeffrey L. Weinstein, MD, FSIR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
• President-elect – Quinn C. Meisinger, MD, University of California, San Diego, CA
• Immediate Past President – Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA, FSIR, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Secretary Treasurer – Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA
• Membership Councilor – Joanna Kee-Sampson, MD, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
• Councilor at large – Rex M. Pillai, MD, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA
• SIR Graduate Medical Education Division Councilor– Saher S. Sabri, MD, FSIR, MedStar Georgetown, Washington, DC
• SIR RFS Chair ex-officio – Avik Som, MD, PhD, Massachusettes General, Boston, MA
• SIR President ex-officio – Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, MD Anderson, Houston, TX

2024-2025 APDIR standing committees    

• Survey Committee – Chair: Rakesh C. Navuluri, MD, FSIR
• Match Committee - Chair: Matthew J. Ccheidt, MD, FSIR
• Education Main Committee 
  • Courses Subcommittee – Chair: Luke R. Wilkins, MD, FSIR
  • Curriculum Subcommittee – Chair: Joshua D. Kuban, MD, FSIR  
• Faculty Development Committee 
• Communications Committee
• Membership Rules Committee