Congratulations to our 2022 abstract award winners!

Oral Abstract Awards:

• A Randomized, Open-label, International, Multicenter, Phase 3 Trial of Radioembolization with Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases: The EPOCH Study
• Robert Lewandowski, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
• Hepatic and Renal Histotripsy in an Anticoagulated Swine Model
• Scott Mauch, University of Wisconsin
• In Situ Vaccination Approach to Treating HCC by Combining Percutaneous Cryoablation With a Plant Virus Nanoparticle Immunoadjuvant
• Mansur Ghani, UC San Diego
• Randomized Trial of Transarterial Chemoembolization With or Without Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma as Bridge to Transplant
• Gregory Nadolski, Penn Medicine
• Augmented Fluoroscopy Guided Transbronchial Pulmonary Microwave Ablation Obviates the Need for a Bronchoscope
• Mario Ghosn, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Poster Awards:

Best Basic Science Poster Awards:

• Poster #3: Effect of variable radiofrequency ablation (RFA) thermal doses on intratumoral Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) trafficking
• Presenting author: Marwan Moussa - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Poster #1: P1: Activation of Nano-Photosensitizers by Y-90 Microspheres to Enhance Oxidative Stress and Cell Death in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
• Presenting author: Christopher Malone, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine
• Poster #5: Ethanol Gel Enhances Percutaneous Intratumoral Chemotherapy Injection: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies of Drug Retention, Tumor Destruction, & Overall Survival
• Presenting author: Erika Chelales, Duke University

Best Education Poster Award: 

• Poster #11: Global Health and Interventional Radiology: Supporting Trainee Engagement and Diversity for Future Development
• Presenting author: Monica Matsumoto – University of Pennsylvania

Best Genitourinary Poster Award:

• Poster #12: Combination, Single-Session, Selective Transarterial Embolization and Microwave Ablation for Large Renal Masses: Medium to Long Term Follow-up
• Presenting author: Samuel LaRussa – Weill Cornell, Einstein/Jacobi Medical Center

Best Guidance & Targeting Poster Award:

• Poster #16: Augmented Reality for Multi-needle Composite Liver Tumor Ablation Identifies Tumor at Risk for Under-treatment
• Presenting author: Hoowon Lee – National Institute of Health

Best HCC Poster Award:

• Poster #26: Clinical impact of complete response to conventional TACE in intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma beyond up-to-7 criteria
• Presenting author: Hideyuki Nishiofuku – Nara Medical University

Best Imaging Poster Awards:

• Poster #41: Characterization of Functional Hypoxia Changes Using [18F] FMISO PET/MR Following Quantitative DSA-Guided Transarterial Embolization of the Liver
• Presenting author: Sarvesh Periyasamy – University of Wisconsin
• Poster #40: Assessment of radiogenomic venous invasion to predict the outcome after loco-regional therapies in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
• Presenting author: Robin Schmidt, Charit Universittsmedizin Berlin
• Poster #42: MRI features predict progression of residual desmoid fibromatosis after ablation
• Presenting author: Daniel Duex, Stanford University
• Poster #43: Super-Selective Quantitative Digital Subtraction Angiography for Hepatic Arterial Interventions: Feasibility Study in a Swine Model
• Presenting author: Sarvesh Periyasamy, University of Wisconsin

Best Liver Metastases Poster Award:

• Poster #47: Direct intratumoral injection of the RP1-3 family of oncolytic immunotherapies in patients with liver metastasis
• Presenting author: Scott L. Baum – West Cancer Center and Research Institute

Best Technology Poster Awards:

• Poster #63: Primary and Secondary Tumor Response to Combined Delivery of PEF and αPD-1 within 4T-1 and EMT-6 Orthotopic Tumor Models
• Presenting author: Timothy J. O’Brien, Galvanize Therapeutics
• Poster #59: Immunogenicity of Pulsed Electric Fields is Enhanced with the Inclusion of Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
• Presenting author: Matthew Silvestrini, Galvanize Therapeutics

Best Thoracic Poster Awards:

• Poster #66: Assessment of lesion volume following percutaneous cryoablation of primary & metastatic lung tumors using semi-automated segmentation & volumetric analysis
• Presenting author: Daniel DePietro – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Poster #69: Percutaneous computed tomography guided cryoablation in the lung: a single institution series
• Presenting author: Evgenia Efthymiou, Attikon University Hospital

Best Neuroendocrine Tumor Poster Award: 

• Poster #71: Grade Creep and the importance of biopsy: changes in Ki-67 and grade in serial neuroendocrine tumor samples
• Presenting author: Daniel DePietro – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania