SIO is excited to announce our first global membership partner! The SIO Membership Committee has been working to provide global IO practitioners access to membership. SIO has collaborated with
@sirs_ksa
to provide joint membership to existing SIRS members.
We love our
#SIOscholars
!! SIO is proud to have hosted this group of talented residents and fellows. Congratulations on completing the
#SIO2020
scholarship program and thank you for bringing your very best to our meeting.
#IOtrainees
#SIOmembers
#IamIO
We just closed out the first Y90 Dosimetry Hands-on session of
#SIOLongBeach
. GIANT THANKS to
@ZTBerman
, Nima Kokabi, MD,
@bayouteazy
, Ammar Sarwar, MD, FSIR, and
@shamaryoungmd
for guiding us through the calculation and prescription of doses for mock cases.
Shoutout to the
@BIDMChealth
team for supporting SIO President
@MuneebAhmedIR
at
#SIOLongBeach
! Don't miss your chance to snap and share a pic in front of the SIO letters in the promenade lobby.
Participate in SIRS2022, the 6th Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshops of SIRS, held at Hilton, Jeddah, from 10-12 November 2022. Learn more:
@sirs_ksa
Presenting the 2024 SIO Board of Directors! Join us in welcoming this dynamic leadership team committed to advancing the society's vision and the field of interventional oncology. 👏
#IO
Shoutout to the team, faculty, course directors, and attendees for making the Y90 Master Class a resounding success. The event in Chicago was truly remarkable. What's up next for SIO? Stay tuned for the MSK Master Class registration for our September program opening soon!
We are excited to announce the 2023 SIO Board of Directors! Join us as we welcome this leadership team who will work to advance the society’s vision and the field of interventional oncology this year 👏 👏 👏
...and that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone who attended
#SIOLongBeach
. We hope this event gave you the opportunity to connect, learn, and grow as an
#IO
professional. Be sure to save the date for Las Vegas in 2025!
Are you a resident or medical student interested in IO? Then you won't want to miss SIO's new webinar RMSS Seasonal Symposium series starting on 24 April at 6 pm ET! Join Edward Kim, MD as he introduces the basics of IO and the SIO RMSS:
@TheRadRoom
SIO and its Grant Review Panel, chaired by
@JuliusChapiro
, is proud to announce the recipients of the Combined Locoregional and Immunotherapy of HCC call for proposals, supported by
@AstraZeneca
. Congratulations to all!
SIO is proud to share the first patient has been enrolled and treated in the ACCLAIM Trial. Congratulations to
@BC_Odisio
, Principal Investigator at the University of Texas MD Anderson study site, and his team. Thank you to
@bostonsci
@Ethicon
and
@VarianMedSys
for your support!
Meet the minds behind the SIO 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting. This committee is gearing up to bring you cutting-edge content and unforgettable social events for
#SIOVegas
. Join us in thanking these dedicated volunteers and learn more about them here
The Exhibit Hall was a buzz at tonight's Science and Industry Welcome Reception. Between delicious bites and poster conversations, attendees were all smiles as they enjoyed the festivities. See you tomorrow for the rest of
#SIOLongBeach
!
The SIO NCCN Task Force submitted recommendations to the NCCN for the latest revision of the Neuroendocrine Tumor treatment guidelines. For the first time, IR has been called out as a separate specialty contributing to the NET treatment guidelines:
Join the Bone Club🦴! Attend SIO's Bone Tumor Ablation webinar on 16 May at 8 PM ET, sponsored by
@Stryker
. Faculty will review OptaBlate and share bone tumor ablation cases. Submit your case by 1 May at education
@sio
-central.org. Register now:
This
#NationalDoctorsDay
, we honor the dedication of physicians worldwide. They master their craft, selflessly serve others, and push medicine's frontiers. At SIO, we celebrate doctors in
#IO
, driving advancements in cancer care. Thank you for your work today (and every day)!
...and just like that, the 2024 IO Essentials Program has begun! Thank you,
@GeorgiadesMD
and Stephen Solomon, MD, for sharing your historical knowledge of
#IO
.
Thanks to our IO Essentials Sponsors:
@bostonsci
, NeuWave Medical,
@VarianMedSys
, Penumbra, and
@AstraZeneca
.
Save the date for 26 February and join the “Imaging Post cTACE with Lipiodol as a Biomarker” webinar. Join authors of the recent
@EurRadiology
manuscript to review their insightful findings.
@MishalLala
@JuliusChapiro
Join us in thanking Uei Pua, MBBS, for six years of service to the SIO Board of Directors and helping develop SIO's first regional chapter. New to the Board is
@TerenceGade
, MD, PhD, who will join as director-at-large. Congratulations and welcome!
#SIOLongBeach
#SIOLeadership
Thanks to all who attended last night's Roundtable Discussion on the Multicenter LEGACY Study! The recording will be available soon for an on-demand CME opportunity if you missed the discussion.
#SIO
#IO
#IR
SIO is proud to announce we'll be the first major radiology society to host a breast ablation master class! This course will take place during the 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting in Long Beach, California. Learn more:
@VRamaMD
SIO President Muneeb Ahmed, MD, FSIR
@MuneebAhmedIR
discusses his vision for the future for the society and the field of
#IO
in a recent interview with
@IN_publishing
. Read more:
Before we hosted the 2023 MSK Master Class last week, the SIO team had the unique opportunity to join
@medicalcollege
faculty to shadow live cases and clinic visits. Collaborating with host institutions enriches our understanding of
#IO
. Every observation fuels our passion.
SIO is excited to introduce the 2024 Education Steering Committee! Collaborating closely with the Board of Directors, they're dedicated to shaping the future of interventional oncology (
#IO
) education.
Learn more:
Big News! 🎉 Elif Öcal, MD Path, and Christopher D. Malone, MD are the award recipients of $200,000 through the Combined Radioembolization and Immunotherapy of HCC Call for Proposals, supported by
@AstraZeneca
.
@JulisChapiro
View announcement:
Congratulations to the 2024 recipients of the 2024 Young IO Research Fellowship Award:
@SaraAbosabie
and Ornela Sulejmani! 🏆 Congratulations to these exceptional individuals! 👏
SIO is saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Dimitris Kelekis, an invaluable leader in the IR community. We extend our deepest condolences to his son, SIO treasurer Alexis Kelekis, MD, friends and family.
Please join us in congratulating Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD, FSIR, FCIRSE, for receiving the Academy Distinguished Investigator award presented by
@RSNA
for his significant contributions to medical imaging. Congratulations!
Have you checked out our new Discovery Theater in the
#SIO2023
Exhibit Hall? Featuring exciting presentations from our industry partners, this is the place to be!
We're excited to share the success of our first "Center of Excellence" program, thanks to the generous support of
@GuerbetGroup
. Our lead course faculty, Sarah White, MD, MS, FSIR, offered a comprehensive analysis on advances and use of cTACE at the
@MedicalCollege
. Congrats!
We are thrilled to announce the inaugural PP&C Symposium: Interventional Oncology for the Private Practice & Community-Based Physician, to be held on 29 Jan 2024 as part of the
#SIOLongBeach
. Read the full press release here:
NEW: SIO announces the launch of its first clinical trial, “Ablation with Confirmation of Colorectal Liver Metastases (ACCLAIM) Prospective Trial for Microwave Ablation as a Local Cure.” Learn more about this initiative:
@bostonsci
@Ethicon
@VarianMedSys
At the start of
#SIO2023
, we announced the launch of our first-ever membership section! Interested in joining our Resident and Medical Student Section? Click here:
Register for a new collaboration between the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and SIO! On Monday, 16 May, SSO and SIO will co-host a virtual tumor board on primary and metastatic liver cancer. Register today:
#SIO
#IRad
#TumorBoard
@SocSurgOnc
Don't miss the SIO Bone Club webinar Bone Tumor Ablation, Sponsored by Stryker on 16 May at 8 PM ET! Learn about the OptaBlate bone tumor ablation tool and hear from attendees who submitted their own cases. Submit yours by 1 May. Register now:
We have officially surpassed 1,000 members! Thank you to the SIO community for helping us advance the field of
#IO
. If you're not a member, join us today to help make an impact in cancer therapy worldwide.
That’s a wrap on
#SIO2021
! Thank you to those who attended and helped make our first fully virtual annual meeting a success. We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco in 2022!
The SIO team visited
@MCW_VIR
last week! Thank you to Dr. William Rilling, Dr. Sarah White, Dr. Matt Scheidt, Dr. Brandon Key and Dr. Eric Hohenwalter for hosting us.
#IRad
#IO
@sb_white1
@bkeyMD
Get ready for two days of dedicated Y90 education! Join SIO for the Y90 Master Class, 6-7 June, at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. Thank you to course directors, Edward Kim, MD, FSIR, and Ammar Sarwar, MD, FSIR! View the invited faculty:
From the whole team at SIO Headquarters, THANK YOU to all who joined us for
#SIOLongBeach
.
Let's end strong today with our dedicated programming for private practice and community-based physicians. We can't wait to see you next year in Las Vegas! 🎰
Celebrating the second successful "Center of Excellence" program, hosted at
@medicalcollege
on 25 August, thanks to the support of
@GuerbetGroup
. Our host institution faculty offered a comprehensive analysis on advances and use of cTACE. Congratulations!
Hear from Course Director, Nima Kokabi, MD on why you should join us for the 2023 SIO Y90 Master Class in Chicago this June. Book your stay and register now to secure your spot. Space is already filling up! Register now:
If you're a resident or medical student interested in IO, then you won't want to miss SIO's new webinar series RMSS Seasonal Symposium starting on 24 April at 6 pm ET! Join Edward Kim, MD as he provides an overview of the basics of IO:
@TheRadRoom
Major milestone achieved! SIO has officially welcomed MORE THAN 800 ATTENDEES to
#SIOLongBeach
! 🎉 Thank you to all our faculty, exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees for making this the premier interventional oncology conference of the year.
#IO
The new
@_backtable
podcast episode is now available! Tune in to "Setting the Benchmark: Ablation Confirmation Software for Tumors." Sponsored by NeuWave Microwave Ablation Systems and
@EDDATechnology
.
#IOAwarenessWeek
The second Talk Tuesday lecture is happening on 20 June. Join us as experts delve into the world of IO Research Protocol Essentials, covering clinical trials, study design, and more. Secure your spot now:
SIO has been closely monitoring the escalating global impact of COVID-19. After much review, we have decided to postpone the
#SIO2022
meeting from 3-7 February 2022 to 24-28 March 2022 in San Francisco, CA in the best interest of all involved. Learn more:
#SIO
proudly announces
@MayoClinic
as the first site approved and activated for enrollment in the ACCLAIM Clinical Trial.
Thank you to
@bostonsci
, NeuWave Medical, and
@VarianMedSys
for funding this important endeavor. Learn more:
Thank you to all who attended SIO’s first regional MSK Master Class in partnership with
@ucsd_ir
! A special mention to our course directors
@SeanTutton
and Jack Jennings who made it possible and to our sponsors
@Siemens
,
@TheStrykerIVS
and
@VarianMedSys
for all the support🙌
SIO is proud to announce the invited faculty for the 2024 Y90 Master Class! Join us for this two-day, in-person course diving into the latest Y90 radioembolization advancements.
Explore the program and register before seats fill up:
SIO is excited to host our 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC, 19-23 January. We will begin accepting abstract submissions on 1 August. Save the date to share your research with 600+ professionals in the global IO community!
Join leading experts such as Drs. John C. Neilson (and Adam Wooldridge (
@awooldridgemcw
), at the SIO 2023 Regional MSK Master Class on 29-30 September at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Register today: 🩺💪
Less than two weeks remain for these opportunities at
#SIOLongBeach
! Submit before 2 October for a chance to showcase your abstracts, apply for the IO Essentials program, and qualify for travel awards. Learn more:
Next Week: Join SIO for “A Day in the Life: IO for Liver Cancer,” taking place on 27 October. You can earn free CME by attending this webinar and participating in
#IOAwarenessWeek
!
Hepatic transarterial loco-regional therapy (LRT) is a therapeutic option for patients for whom liver surgery is contraindicated after portal vein embolization (PVE), new research shows. Find the full article in The Insider:
That's a wrap on our first two Tumor Boards of
#SIOLongBeach
: the Neuroendocrine and NET Tumor Board and the Lung Cancer and Lung Mets Tumor Board. These popular sessions always draw a crowd. 🌟 Thank you to our presenters!
You’re invited! Join SIO and Boston Scientific this June & July for Talk Tuesdays, a series of six educational lectures designed for early-career interventional radiologists. IO experts will explore research development and motivate you to get involved.
Join SIO’s 100-200 level IO Awareness Week webinar, sponsored by
@IceCureMedical
,
@histosonics
, and
@VarianMedSys
. Get insights from experts on the latest topics and trending interventions in the field. Register now:
#IKnowIO
Talk Tuesdays are back! Join SIO's virtual series of educational lectures for early-career interventional radiologists. Attend all six live/on-demand sessions for a chance to present at SIO2024 and receive research funding. Thank you to our sponsors
@AstraZeneca
and
@VarianMedSys
Mark your calendar for SIO's Breast Cryoablation Master Class on 25 January 2024. Learn more about this must-attend program from course director Dr. Robert C. Ward. Registration opens next month!
@VRamaMD
What do you get when you mix
#SIOLongBeach
attendees and trivia? A FUN competition! See who took home the big trophy this year 🏆 and start strategizing for next year.
With a record-breaking number of abstract submissions received, the 2024 Annual Meeting promises to feature some of the year's most groundbreaking research. Walk over to 104AB to view our oral abstract presentations from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
📣 Calling interventional radiologists! 🩺💪 Register for the SIO MSK Master Class in collaboration with
@MedicalCollege
on 29-30 Sept 2023.🤝 Led by renowned course directors, this program is your chance to enhance musculoskeletal intervention skills.
#IO
Join SIO RMSS's new webinar series, RMSS Seasonal Symposium, today at 6 pm ET! SIO Board Director, Ed Kim, MD, will provide an overview of the basics of IO and introduce the RMSS leadership. Register now:
@DieHCCDie
@EricaIRad
@HaleyELeopold
@TheRadRoom
Thank you to everyone who attended the first day of
#SIOLongBeach
! We were excited to welcome nearly 100 attendees to the SOLD OUT Breast Cryoablation Master Class — a first for a major Radiology Society — and nearly 130 IO Essentials Scholars. We can't wait to see you tomorrow!
One week to join the "SIO Bone Club: Bone Tumor Ablation, Sponsored by
@Stryker
" webinar on 16 May at 8 PM ET! Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn about the OptaBlade bone tumor and hear from attendees who submitted their own cases. Register now: