Resident, Fellow and Student Section

Resident, Fellow and Student Section

The purpose of the RFS Section is to promote the clinical paradigm of interventional radiology practice at the resident, fellow, and medical student level by introducing the specialty to trainees passionate about the ideas that embody the future of IR, by stressing the necessity of becoming disease experts, and above all else, by focusing on patient centered care.

In addition to the general mission and vision of the Society as set forth in the Bylaws, the objectives of this section shall be:

• We are the voice for residents, fellows and medical students in pursuit of their training as clinicians and Interventional Radiologists
• We will work to further promote the clinical model of Interventional Radiology practice, as residents, fellows, and medical students by stressing service to the patient first and foremost.
• We will continually expand our knowledge base to become true disease experts, with fundamental understandings of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, natural history, and evidence based medicine of the diseases that we treat. This will ultimately serve our patients well as we deliver longitudinal care.
• We will embrace the IR residency and continue to advocate the development of resident, fellow and medical student-driven clinics.
• As the future of the Society, we will work to recruit the best and the brightest like-minded physicians and students into the specialty and the Society to help further propel Interventional Radiology to the forefront of clinical medicine and patient care.

2024-2025 RFS Governing Council

• Jung Hyun Yun, MD, RFS Chair
• Linzi Webster, MD, RFS Vice Chair, Annual Meeting Co-Chair
• Gregg Khodorov, MD, Annual Meeting Co-Chair
• Rajath Rao, MD, RFS Clinical Education Chair
• Waseem Wahood, MD, RFS Communications Chair
• Luis Garza-Barrera, MD, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair
• Tarig Elhakim, MD, International Outreach Co-Chair
• Apurva Challa, MD, International Outreach Co-Chair
• Arsalan Nadeem, MD, RFS Membership Chair
• Rebecca Choi, MD, Women in IR Chair
• Dogan Polat, MD, IR Residency Training Co-Chair
• Hanna Javan, MD, IR Residency Training Co-Chair
• David Mittelstein, MD, PhD, Recruitment Co-Chair
• Ty Mattinson, MD, Recruitment Co-Chair
• Dui Dai, MD, Research and Innovation Co-Chair
• Shakti Ramasamy, MD, Research and Innovation Co-Chair

2024-2025 Medical Student Council

       Anna Hu, MS4, MSC Chair

• Ishwarya Sivakumar, MS4, MSC Clinical Education Chair
• Arvind Dev, MS3, MSC Communications Chair 
• Chinedum Nkemakolam, MS4, Diversity & Inclusion Chair
• Samad Ashraf, MS3, Reserves Chair
• Omar Abdalla, MS4, Biodesign & Innovation Chair
• Hossam Zaki, MS3, MSC Webmaster