About Leadership Committees

Committees

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

Grants Sub-Committee

Research Development Sub-Committee

NCCN Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee Chair: Shilpa Reddy, MD
Penn Medicine

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

Registries Sub-Committee

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
Franciscan Health

Committee Vice Chair: Venkatesh Krishnasamy, MD
Columbia University

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 and Social Media: Cynthia De la Garza, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida

Case of the Month: Husameddin El Khudari, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

Clinical Trials Webpage Resource: Junaid Raja, MD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham

SIO Podcast and Social Media: Juan Camacho, MD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

SIO Podcast: Sean Golden, MD
Johns Hopkins

Greg Pommier, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Daniel Heller, MD

Rohit Anand, MD

Anastasia Hadjivasiliou, MBBS, FRCPC
Vancouver Coastal Health

Omosalewa Adenikinju

 

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

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

Board Liaison: Franco Orsi, MD, EBIR, FCIRSE
European Institute of Oncology

Anil Nick Kurup, MD
Mayo Clinic

Azzam Khankan, MD, PhD
King Abdulaziz Medical City

Chris Rogan, MBBS, BSc, FACP
Sydney Interventional Radiology Associates

Mina Makary, MD
The Ohio State University

Sidak Pannu, MD
Baystate Health

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: David Breen, MRCP, FRCR

Board Liaison and Co-Program Chair: Vijay Ramalingam, MD

Scientific Chair: Christos Georgiades, MD, PhD

Workshops & Special Programming Chair: Irene Bargellini, MD

IO Essentials Co-Chair & Advisor: Rob Suh, MD

IO Essentials Co-Chair: Brian Welch, MD

Immediate Past Chair: Nicholas Fidelman, MD

AI Science Liaison: Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD

Research Liaison: Rony Avirtscher, MD

Education Advisor: Sean Tutton, MD, FSIR

Regional Representative: Jason Levy, MD, FSIR

International Representative: Pierleone Lucatelli, MD, PhD, EBIR, FCIRSE

Member at Large: Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD

Member-at-Large: Nadine Abi-Jaodeh, MD

Member-at-Large: Nicole Lamparello, MD

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

Sub-Committee Chair: Salim Abboud, MD 
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Alexis Cahalane, MBBCH, BAO
Massachusetts General Hospital

Jason Levy, MD, FSIR
Northside Radiology

Steven Yevich, MD, MPH, FSIR
MD Anderson Cancer Center

Theodore Vander Velde, MD 
Washington University School of Medicine

Pain Palliation Sub-Committee

Sub-Committee Chair: Matthew Scheidt, MD
Medical College of Wisconsin

Sirish Kishore, MD 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Gina Landinez, MD 
University of California San Francisco