Research Steering Committee

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The SIO Research Steering Committee collaborates 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, clinical trials, and guidelines.

Committee Members

Committee Chair: Julius Chapiro, MD, PhD
Yale University

Vice Chair: Lynn Savic, MD
Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin

Grants Sub-Committee Chair: Christopher Malone, MD
Washington University

NCCN Sub-Committee Chair: Amy Deipolyi, MD, PhD, FSIR
Vandalia Health

Research Development Sub-Committee Vice Chair: Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Member-at-Large: Michael Soulen, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE
University of Pennsylvania 

Member-at-Large: Brad Wood, MD
NIH

Board Liaisons: Rony Avritscher, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Terence Gade, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Grants Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee Chair: Christopher Malone, MD
Washington University

Deevia Kotecha, MD
Manchester University

Stefano Marcia, MD
Radiologia Area Ospedaliera 
ASL Cagliari

Nariman Nezami, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Research Development Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee Chair: Lynn Savic, MD
Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin

Sub-Committee Vice-Chair: Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sara Abosabie
Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin

Florian Fintelman, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

S. Nahum Goldberg, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE
Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center

James Hui, MD, PhD
UCLA Health

Nima Kokabi, MD
UNC Chapel Hill

Venkatesh Krishnasamy, MD
Columbia University

NCCN Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee Chair: Amy Deipolyi, MD, PhD, FSIR
University of Pennsylvania

Ahmad Parvinian, MD
Mayo Clinic

Diana C. Dinh, MD, MPH
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Helena Zaldiver Alcantata, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD
UCI Health

Sub-Committee Chair: Stephen Solomon, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Communications Committee

The Communications Committee is responsible for collaborating with committees, membership, and SIO leadership on key strategies, challenges, and needs in order to provide insight on existing and future SIO publications, and develop strategies for improving the content and content delivery.

Committee Members

Committee Chair: Elena Violari, MD, RPVI
Loyola University

Committee Vice Chair: Venkatesh Krishnasamy, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Immediate Past Chair: AJ Gunn, MD, FSIR
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Board Liaison: Sarah White, MD, MS, FSIR
Medical College of Wisconsin

Case of the Month: Husameddin El Khudari, MD

UAB Hospital

Case of the Month and Social Media: Cynthia De la Garza, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida

Case of the Month: Dakota Williams, MS
UAB School of Medicine

Clinical Trials Webpage Resource: Junaid Raja, MD, MSPH
UAB Hospital

SIO Podcast: Sean Golden, MD
University of Wisconsin Madison

SIO Social Media: Greg Pommier, MD

Kate Carrato, MD           
VIR Chicago

Vinicius Fornazari, MD
University of Flórida

Andrew Gaetano
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Daniel Heller, MD                                 
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Meropi Ioannou                                   
University of Athens School of Medicine

Stavriana Heracleous                                   
University of Cambridge School of Medicine

Ishu Sivakumar, MD                                
University of Florida

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 Members

Committee Chair: Erica Alexander, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Committee Vice Chair: Florian Fintelmann, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

International Liaison: Almamoon Justaniah, MD
King Faisal Specialist Hospital

LATAM Chapter Representative: Bruno Odisio, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Asia-Oceanic Chapter Representative: Kai-Wen Huang
National Taiwan University

Board Liaison: Ron Arellano, MD, FSIR, FACR, FCIRSE
Massachusetts General Hospital

Anil Nick Kurup, MD
Mayo Clinic

Jason Levy, MD, FSIR
Northside Radiology Associates

Sidak Pannu, MD
Baystate Health

Poonam Yadav, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

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.

Committee Members

Program Chair: Christos Georgiades, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Program Vice Chair: Rahul A. Sheth, MD, FSIR
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Scientific Chair: Marco Calandri, MD
University of Toronto

IO Essentials Chair: Brian Welch, MD
Mayo Clinic

IO Essentials Co-Chair: Marwan Moussa, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Immediate Past Chair: David Breen, MRCP, FRCR
University Hospital Southampton

Board Liaison: Vijay Ramalingam, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

Research Liaison: Rony Avirtscher, MD
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Education Advisor: Sean Tutton, MD, FSIR
UCSD Health

Regional Representative: Ricardo Holderbaum do Amaral, MD, PhD
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

International Representative: Prof. Lambros Tselikas, MD, PhD
Gustave Roussy - Paris Saclay University

Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

John D. Louie, MD
Stanford University

Nicole Lamparello, MD
NYP-Weill Cornell Medicine

Matthew Scheidt, MD, FSIR
Medical College of Wisconsin

Education Steering 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 the SIO Learning Center, master classes, and any international programming collaborations.

Current Committee Members

Chest/Thoracic Sub-Committee

Emerging Trends Sub-Committee

Genitourinary (GU) Sub-Committee

Hepatobiliary (HPB) Sub-Committee

Musculoskeletal (MSK) Sub-Committee

Pain Palliation Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee Chair: Gina Landinez, MD
University of California San Francisco

Amina Farooq, MD
University of Maryland

Alan Alper Sag, MD, FSIR
University of Miami