SIO Committees
SIO announces its annual call for volunteers each fall. Members are notified via email when volunteer opportunities arise. For any questions regarding volunteer opportunities, please email info@sio-central.org.
Research Steering Committee
Looking to partner with SIO to support IO research? SIO's Research Steering Committee offers several opportunities to support the field of IO research and cancer care. Learn more by reviewing the current prospectus.
The Steering Committee is responsible for collaborating with the Board and staff liaisons on key strategies, challenges, and needs in order to provide insight on existing and future SIO research priorities including research grants, registries, and clinical trials. The SIO Research Steering Committee oversees all SIO research priorities for the year, including oversight and delegation of any appropriate projects to the Clinical Trials Committee, Guidelines Committee, and the Publications Committee.
Committee Chair - Terence Gade, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair - Rony Avritscher, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Julius Chapiro, MD
Yale University
Amy Deipolyi, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Joe Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Greg Nadolski, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Lynn Savic, MD
Charité University Berlin
S. William Stavropoulos, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Brad Wood, MD
Center for Interventional Oncology, NIH Clinical Center
Research Advisor: Michael Soulen, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Board Liaison - Muneeb Ahmed, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Publications Committee
Johns Hopkins University
Dotter Interventional Institute
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of California San Diego
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Oregon Health & Science University
Mount Sinai Health Systems
Membership Committee
The SIO Membership Committee is responsible for collaborating with committees, membership, Board and staff liaisons on key strategies, challenges, and needs in order to provide insight on membership recruitment, engagement and retention.
Committee Chair - Ronald Arellano, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Committee Vice Chair - Almamoon Justaniah, MD
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Chad Davis, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Dimitrios Filippiadis, MD, PhD
University General Hospital Attikon
Florian Fintelmann, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mina Makary, MD
The Ohio State Medical
Board Liaison - Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD, FSIR, FCIRSE
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Program Planning Committee
This subcommittee is responsible for developing the annual meeting scientific program and any pre-conference associated sessions, inclusive of international partnerships. The International Annual Meeting Committee additionally plans all social events in coordination with staff and provides critical input to the Corporate Relations Director for industry-sponsored events.
Program Chair - David Breen, MRCP, FRCR
University Hospitals Southampton
Scientific Chair - Dimitrios Filippiadis, MD, PhD
University General Hospital Attikon
Workshops Chair - Damian Dupuy, MD
Cape Cod Healthcare
IO Essentials Chair - Vijay Ramalingam, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD
VA San Diego Healthcare System and UCSD Health
Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nicholas Fidelman, MD
University of California San Francisco
Robert Suh, MD
Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center
Rony Avirtscher, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ex- Officio - Jack Jennings, MD, PhD
Washington University Saint Louis
Education Committee (New in 2021)
This committee is responsible for collaborating with the Board of Director and staff liaisons on key strategies and needs for current and future SIO year-round educational programming. This committee owns the development of live and enduring educational content through IO University and SIO Master Classes and any international programming collaborations.
Education Advisor - Sean Tutton, MD, FSIR
Medical College of Wisconsin
Committee Chair - Rob Suh, MD
Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center
Committee Vice Chair - Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR
Duke University Medical Center
Ahmad Hashmi, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Andrew J. Gunn, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gina Landinez, MD
University of California San Francisco
Jonathan Kessler, MD
City of Hope Medical Group
Richard Marshall, MD
Louisiana State University
Salim Abboud, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Sirish Kishore, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Vladimir Sheynzon, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Yosef Golowa, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Zachary Berman, MD
University of California San Diego
Board Liaison - Sarah White, MD, MS
Medical College of Wisconsin