About

Join us in Las Vegas during the SIO 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting to participate in live IO Essentials programming. The brightest minds in interventional oncology have designed this program for interventional oncology and radiology students, residents, and early career physicians within the first five years of their IO careers.

By attending this event, you will:

  • Collect tips and technical how-to’s for building a successful clinical practice and career in IO
  • Expand your network, including peers and pioneers in the field
  • Get up to speed on cutting-edge IO research and treatment algorithms
  • Understand the latest clinical and translational research as it relates to patient care

Scholarship Benefits

Accepted Scholars to the IO Essentials program at the SIO 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting will receive the following benefits:

  • Complimentary membership to SIO through 31 December 2025
  • Complimentary registration to the SIO 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 30 January - 3 February, 2025
  • Stipend for travel expenses to the SIO 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting
    • Local - $200 USD
    • Domestic - $750 USD
    • International - $1000 USD

How to Apply

Applications to the SIO 2025 IO Essentials Scholarship program opens on 5 August 2024 and closes on 3 September 2024. To apply, you will need to complete the following:

  1. Complete the application
  2. Submit the following:
    1. Current CV
    2. Letter of recommendation from an Interventional Oncology/Radiology Program Director or Faculty Member

Schedule

Thank you for participating in the live IO Essentials programming at the SIO 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting. The brightest minds in interventional oncology have designed this program for interventional oncology and radiology students, residents, and early career physicians within the first five years of their IO careers.

Last edited 10 July 2024. Please refer to the full program schedule for more information.

Thursday, 30 January 2025
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. IO Essentials: Breakfast and Introductions
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

IO Essentials: Pills of IO: Our Tool

  • Basics of Ablation: Heat, Cold, Electricity
  • How I Choose: Ablation Modalities
  • Basics of Beads: Bland, Drug-Eluting, Radioactive Resorbable
  • How I Choose: Embolics
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 1
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

IO Essentials: Lunch with Faculty
12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 2
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. IO Essentials: Interactive Periprocedural Care
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 3
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

IO Essentials: First Day Wrap-up and Your Path Through the Program
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

IO Essentials Welcome Reception
Friday, 31 January 2025
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast and Industry Symposium

9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

President's Welcome & Dr. Sidney Wallace and Dr. Michael J. Wallace Distinguished Lecture

  • President's Welcome
  • Program Chair's Program Overview
  • Wallace Lecturer's Laudation
  • Dr. Sidney Wallace and Dr. Michael J. Wallace Distinguished Lecture
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

SIO 2025: 25 Years Past and Future

  • Medical Devices
  • Basic and Translational Research
  • Computational Advances
  • Educating the Next Generation of Interventional Oncologists
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lunch and Industry Symposia

Scholars may attend the symposium of their choice.
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Science and Industry Welcome Reception

All attendees are invited to join us to celebrate the start of the 2025 Annual Meeting. This networking reception will include poster and award presentations in the Exhibit Hall.
Saturday, 1 February
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast and Industry Symposium

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast and CME Session
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Scientific Oral Abstracts
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lunch and Industry Symposia

Scholars may attend the symposium of their choice.
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

IO Essentials Sponsored Content 4
Sunday, 2 February
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Breakfast and CME Session: Optimal Preparation and Treatment Endpoints in cTACE

Breakfast will be provided. Following the overview, participants will engage in hands-on learning at workstations supervised by expert faculty.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

IO Essentials Sponsored Content 5
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Scientific Oral Abstracts
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lunch and Industry Symposia

Scholars may attend the symposium of their choice.