Society of Interventional Radiology Announces 2013-14 Executive Council Members

Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., FSIR, Begins Term as SIR President; New Executive Council Members Named During SIR's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., FSIR, an interventional radiologist and Hasso Brothers professor and chair of the department of radiological sciences at the University of California, Irvine, assumed office as the 2013–14 president of the Society of Interventional Radiology during SIR's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans. SIR, a national organization of nearly 5,000 doctors, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving health care through minimally invasive treatments, also introduced a new slate of officers.

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"Interventional radiologists offer patients the least invasive and most advanced treatment options—advances that generally replace open surgery and offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to surgery. We are known for innovation, and it's something that is clearly a key component of the success of interventional radiology, present at the beginning of our field and still much in evidence as we celebrate SIR's 40th anniversary," said Goodwin, who is also vice president of University Physicians and Surgeons at the University of California. "Now we must also add validation and education to the mix as we inspire, cultivate and promote innovation to improve patient care through image-guided treatments," added the clinical volunteer professor of radiological sciences at the UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles and physician with the Department of Veterans Affairs of Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

SIR's 2013–14 officers include:

• President-elect James B. Spies, M.D., MPH, FSIR, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Secretary Alan H. Matsumoto, M.D., FSIR, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville
• Treasurer Charles E. Ray Jr., M.D., Ph.D., FSIR, University of Colorado, Denver
• Immediate Past President Marshall E. Hicks, M.D., FSIR, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Executive Council councilors include George A. Fueredi, M.D., FSIR, Great Lakes Radiologists, Lake Geneva, Wis., health policy and economics; John A. Kaufman, M.D., M.S., FSIR, Dotter Interventional Institute, Portland, Ore., SIR Foundation chair; Daniel B. Brown, M.D., FSIR, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., Annual Scientific Meeting; Daniel Siragusa, M.D., Shands Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Fla., graduate medical education; Brian Funaki, M.D., FSIR, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif., postgraduate medical education; Matthew S. Johnson, M.D., FSIR, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, member services; and Boris Nikolic, M.D., MBA, FSIR, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa., standards.

Councilors-at-large include Suresh Vedantham, M.D., FSIR, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Saint Louis, Mo.; Laura Findeiss, M.D., FSIR, University of California at Irvine; and Sanjay Misra, M.D., FSIR, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minn. Ex-officio members include Terence A.S. Matalon, M.D., FSIR, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa., AMA delegate and Ziv J Haskal, M.D., FSIR, University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore; editor, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

More information about the Society of Interventional Radiology, interventional radiologists and how to find an interventional radiologist in your area can be found online at www.SIRweb.org.

About the Society of Interventional Radiology
Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. They offer the most in-depth knowledge of the least invasive treatments available coupled with diagnostic and clinical experience across all specialties. They use X-ray, MRI and other imaging to advance a catheter in the body, such as in an artery, to treat at the source of the disease internally. As the inventors of angioplasty and the catheter-delivered stent, which were first used in the legs to treat peripheral arterial disease, interventional radiologists pioneered minimally invasive modern medicine. Today, interventional oncology is a growing specialty area of interventional radiology. Interventional radiologists can deliver treatments for cancer directly to the tumor without significant side effects or damage to nearby normal tissue.

Many conditions that once required surgery can be treated less invasively by interventional radiologists. Interventional radiology treatments offer less risk, less pain and less recovery time compared to open surgery. This year, SIR celebrates 40 years of innovation and advances in interventional radiology. Visit www.SIRweb.org.

The Society of Interventional Radiology is holding its 38th Annual Scientific Meeting April 13–18 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The theme of the meeting is "IR Reaching Out," chosen to reflect the many ways the Annual Scientific Meeting provides valuable education to attendees across a broad range of diverse clinical interests and practice settings.

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