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.
Program director
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.
Join APDIR and ensure your ESIR residents are prepared for advance placement into an independent IR residency.
For ESIR-only programs, APDIR 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 joining
- Complementary registration to the APDIR annual education meeting
- Networking opportunities within the APDIR community of ESIR and IR residency program directors
For questions about APDIR membership, please contact gme@sirweb.org.
Current roster
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, Massachusetts 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
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- Curriculum Subcommittee, chair: Joshua D. Kuban, MD, FSIR
- Faculty Development Committee
- Communications Committee
- Membership Rules Committee
Resources for program directors
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Resources for program directors
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Resources for program directors
APDIR education meeting
The next APDIR education meeting will be held on October 8, 2025 at the Westin San Diego Bayview Hotel.