SIO Committees
SIO announces its annual call for volunteers on an annual basis. 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
Research Advisor: Michael Soulen, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Board Liaisons - Sarah White, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Franco Orsi, MD, EBIR, FCIRSE
European Institute of Oncology
NIH Liaison- Brad Wood, MD
NIH
Grants Sub-Committee
Chair - Julius Chapiro, MD
Yale University
Rafael Duran, MD
Lausanne University Hospital
David Woodrum, PD, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Samdeep Mouli, MD
Northwestern University
Kyle Schachtshneider, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Development Sub-Committee
Chair - Lynn Savic, MD, PhD
Charité University Berlin
Vice-Chair - Joe Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Kelly Nunez, PhD
Ochsner Health
Christopher Malone, MD
Washington University
Daniel Ackerman, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD
University of California Irvine
AJ Gunn, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCCN Sub-Committee
Chair - Amy Deipoyli, MD, PhD
Charleston Area Cancer Center
Vice-Chair - Bill Stavropoulos, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Registries Sub-Committee
Chair - Stephen Solomon, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Publications Committee
Johns Hopkins University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
University of California San Diego
Radiology Partners - Greater Chicago Area
Franciscan Alliance Hospitals
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 - Almamoon Justaniah, MD
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Committee Vice Chair - Erica Alexander
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
International Liason - David Madoff, MD
Yale University
Chad Davis, MD
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Florian Fintelmann, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mina Makary, MD
The Ohio State Medical
Azzam Khankan, MD, PHD
King Abdulaziz Medical City
Chris Rogan, MBBS, BSc, FACP
Sydney Interventional Radiology Associates
Board Liaison - Uei Pua, MD
Tan Tock Seng Hospital
Program Committee
This committee is responsible for developing the Annual Scientific Meeting program content and any pre-conference associated sessions, inclusive of international partnerships. The 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 - Vijay Ramalingam, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Scientific Chair - Nicholas Fidelman, MD
University of California San Francisco
Workshops Chair - Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD
VA San Diego Healthcare System and UCSD Health
IO Essentials Chair - Christos Georgiades, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
Immediate Past Chair - Damian Dupuy, MD
Cape Cod Healthcare
AI Science Liaison - Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Research Liaison - Rony Avirtscher, MD
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Education Advisor - Sean Tutton, MD, FSIR
University of California San Diego
Content Liaison - Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR
Duke University Medical Center
Local Representative - Jonathan Kessler, MD
City of Hope Medical Group
International Representative - Roberto Iezzi, MD
Docente Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
University Hospitals Southampton
Education Committee
This committee is responsible for collaborating with the Board of Directors 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
University of California San Diego
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
Brian Gump, DO, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Gina Landinez, MD
University of California San Francisco
Jonathan Kessler, MD
City of Hope Medical Group
Kirema Garcia-Reyes, MD
Mount Sinai
Matthew Scheidt, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin
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
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Zachary Berman, MD
University of California San Diego
Board Liaison - Ronald Arellano, MD, FSIR, FACR, FCIRSE
Massachusetts General Hospital