SIR Sections

APDIR membership

The purpose of the APDIR is to address the educational and regulatory issues that affect the training of future interventional radiologists. The APDIR shall work to stimulate interest in and to provide guidelines for teaching and training in the field of interventional radiology.

To facilitate the achievement of these goals, 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. 

 

 

    

 

2023-2024 APDIR Board of Directors

• President – Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, FSIR, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• President-elect – Jeffrey L. Weinstein, MD, FSIR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
• Immediate Past President– Aaron Fischman, MD, FSIR, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai, New York, NY
• Secretary Treasurer – Quinn C. Meisinger, MD, UC San Diego
• Membership Councilor – Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA 
• Councilor at large – Rex M. Pillai, MD, UC Davis, Sacramento 
• 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 
• SIR President ex-officio – Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, MD Anderson, Houston, TX.

 

2023-2024 APDIR standing committees

• Faculty Development Committee – Chair: J. Mark McKinney, MD, FSIR; Vice Chair: tbd                                                                                                 
• Communications Committee – Chair: Scott E. Schwartz, MD             
• Membership Rules Committee – Chair: Allene Salcedo Burdette, MD, FSIR; Vice Chair: Thomas Gregory Walker, MD, FSIR   
• Survey Committee – Chair: Rakesh C. Navuluri, MD, FSIR
• Match Committee - Chair: Joanna Kee-Sampson, MD
• Education Main Committee – Chair: Rachel F. Oser, MD; Vice-chair: tbd
  • Courses Subcommittee – Chair: Luke R. Wilkins, MD, FSIR
  • Curriculum Subcommittee – Chair: Joshua D. Kuban, MD  

APDIR meetings

The 2023 APDIR Educational Meeting will take place in-person on April 24, 2023 in Austin, TX. Registration is open; click here to register.  View the program here.

For more information about APDIR, please contact gme@sirweb.org.