About

Join us in Long Beach during the SIO 2024 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 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting will receive the following benefits:

  • Complimentary membership to SIO through 31 December 2024
  • Complimentary registration to the SIO 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting in Long Beach, CA 25-29 January, 2024
  • Stipend for travel expenses to the SIO 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting
    • Local - $200 USD
    • Domestic - $750 USD
    • International - $1000 USD

How to Apply

Applications to the SIO 2024 IO Essentials Scholarship program opens on 31 August 2023 and closes on 9 October 2023. 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
    3. Case Submission

Schedule

Sessions listed below are required for IO Essentials Scholars. Scholars are encouraged to attend the session of their choice in time blocks where a specific session is not required. Please refer to the full program schedule for more information.

 Information below is subject to change. Last edited 10 November 2023.

* indicates faculty whose confirmation is pending

Thursday, 25 January 2024
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. IO Essentials Breakfast
7:45 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

IO Essentials: Welcome and History of IO

  • WelcomeChristos Georgiades, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • History of IOStephen Solomon, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 1

Additional details to come.

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 2

Additional details to come.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 3

Additional details to come.

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. IO Essentials Lunch
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 4

Additional details to come.

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

IO Essentials: Sponsored Content 5

Additional details to come.

5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

IO Essentials: Study Design and Ethics in IO

Moderators: Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD, USCS Health and VA San Diego Healthcare System; Terence P. Gade, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

  • Getting Started in IO ResearchLynn Jeanette Savic, MD, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin
  • Different Statistical Methods for Medical ResearchTBD
  • Ethics and Consent in IOIsabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD, USCS Health and VA San Diego Healthcare System
  • Building A Successful Mentor-Mentee RelationshipAlda Tam, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Friday, 26 January 2024
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Industry Symposium

Additional details to come. 

8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

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

  • President's WelcomeMuneeb Ahmed, MD, FSIR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
  • Program Chair's Program OverviewVijay Ramalingam, MD, FSIR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
  • Dr. Sidney Wallace and Dr. Michael J. Wallace Distinguished LectureProf. Thierry de Baere, MD, Gustave Roussy Cancer Center
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

State-of-the-Art HCC

Moderators: Laura Crocetti, MD, PhD, EBIR, University of Pisa; Parissa Tabrizian, MD, MSc, FACS, Mount Sinai Medical Center

  • Standard of Care Systemic Therapies and Pivotal TrialsAdam Burgoyne, MD, PhD, UC San Diego
  • Barcelona Update and BCLC Stage Migration IssuesDavid C. Madoff, MD, Yale School of Medicine
  • 2024 Resection and Transplantation Updates, Parissa Tabrizian, MD, MSc, FACS, Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Current Status: Locoregional PrimerLaura Crocetti, MD, PhD, EBIR, University of Pisa
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Expo Hall, Lunch and Industry Symposium

Additional details to come. 

12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Ablation Hands-on: Image Guidance & Robotics

Moderators: Bruno C. Odisio, MD, PhD, FSIR, FCIRSE, European Institute of Oncology (IRCCS); Marie Beerman, MD, Danderyd Hospital

  • Rationale Behind Using Image Guidance and Advanced AblationDenis Szejnfeld, MD, PhD, Unifesp
  • Basics of Stereotactic Ablation and Setting Up a Program, Iwan Paolucci, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Stereotactic RF Ablation of the Liver: Why I Use It and the Advantages of Multiple NeedlesReto Bale, MD FCIRSE, Medical University Inssbruck
  • Stereotactic Microwave Ablation of Liver LesionsMarie Beerman, MD, Danderyd Hospital
  • Putting it All Together: Treatment Planning, Guidance, and AblationBruno C. Odisio, MD, PhD, FSIR, FCIRSE, European Institute of Oncology (IRCCS)
  • Hands-on Learning, All above faculty
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

SIO Grant Showcase

Moderator: Julius Chapiro, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine

  • SIO Grants OverviewJulius Chapiro, MD, PhD, Yale School of Medicine
  • 2022 Grant Update: Single Cell Analysis of Combined Thermal Ablation and Immunotherapy of HCCProf. S. Nahum Goldberg, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
  • 2022 Grant Update: Stoking an Anti-Liver Cancer Immune Response with Cryoablation Plus Intratumoral ImmunostimulantIsabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD, UCSD Health and VA San Diego Healthcare System
  • 2022 Grant Update: Immunobiologic and Metabolic Determinants of Response to Combination Locoregional and Immunotherapy in HCCKelley Weinfurtner, MD, University of Pennsylvania
  • 2022 Grant Update: Engineered Extracellular Vesicles to Modulate Immunotherapy in Liver CancerKiyoyuki Minamiguchi, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • 2023 Grant UpdateRecipient TBD
  • 2023 Grant UpdateRecipient TBD
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Showcase
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

HCC Tumor Board

Moderators: Riad Salem, MD, MBA, Northwestern University; Muneeb Ahmed, MD, FSIR, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School

Faculty: Roberto Iezzi; Laura Crocetti, MD, PhD, EBIR, University of Pisa; Parissa Tabrizian, MD, MSc, FACS, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Terrence Williams, MD, City of Hope Medical Group; Adam Burgoyne, MD, PhD, UC San Diego; Sammy Saab, MD, UCLA
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Science and Industry Reception

Additional details to come.

Saturday, 27 January 2024
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Industry Symposium

Additional details to come. 

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

IO Essentials: Solid Tumor Interventions

Moderators: Christos Georgiades, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University; Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, Stanford School of Medicine

  • Physics of Ablation ModalitiesChristos Georgiades, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Liver: Introduction to Ablation and Guidelines OverviewNishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, Stanford School of Medicine
  • Lung: Introduction to Ablation and Guidelines OverviewStephen Hunt, MTR, MD, PhD, FSIR, University of Pennsylvania
  • RCC: Introduction to Ablation and Guidelines OverviewErica Alexander, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Radioembolization: Getting Started in Y90, Juan Gimenez, MD, Ochsner Health
  • Intro to TACE and Patient ManagementZach Berman, MD, UC San Diego
  • Pain Management Techniques and IORahul Sheth, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Scientific Oral Abstracts

Additional details to come. 

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Expo Hall, Lunch and Industry Symposia

Additional details to come. Scholars may attend the symposium of their choice.

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Renal/GU

Moderators: David Breen, MD, MRCP, FRCR, University Hospitals Southampton; Rodrigo Gobbo, MD, PhD, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

  • T1A and Current GuidelinesRodrigo Gobbo, MD, PhD, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
  • Surgical Perspectives on Percutaneous AblationPratik Kanabur, MD, UCLA
  • Ablation in Patients with Chronic Renal DiseaseChristos Georgiades, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
  • Central Renal Cancer and Ablation in Difficult LocationsGrant Schmit, MD, Mayo Clinic
  • T1B Disease: What is the Current Role of IR? AJ Gunn, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Must-Know Studies for MDT Tumor Board

Moderators: Phillipe Pereira, MD, SLK Kliniken GmbH Heilbronn; Rony Avritscher, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Terence P. Gade, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

  • The Importance of Trials and Registries in Interventional OncologyPhillipe Pereira, MD, SLK Kliniken GmbH Heilbronn
  • ACCLAIMConstantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD, FSIR, FCIRSE, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • IMbrave150Adam Burgoyne, MD, PhD, UC San Diego
  • LAUNCHLynn Jeanette Savic, MD, Universitätsmedizin Charité Berlin
  • DosisphereS. Cheenu Kappadath, PhD, FAAPM, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.

mCRC Tumor Board

Moderators: Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD, FSIR, FCIRSE, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Martijn Meijerink, MD, PhD, Amsterdam UMC

Faculty: Guy Johnson, MD, PharmD, University of Washington; Yuman Fong, MD, PhD, City of Hope Medical Center; Heather McGee, MD, PhD, City of Hope Medical Group; Kimberly Perez, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School

8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Trivia Night

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Sunday, 28 January 2024
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Industry Symposium

Additional details to come. 

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

IO Essentials: Preparing for Tumor Boards

Moderators: Stephen Hunt, MTR, MD, PhD, FSIR, University of Pennsylvania; Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD, UC Irvine

  • BCLC Immunotherapy: Current Status and OutcomesCristal Brown, MD, MHS, UT Austin Dell Medical School
  • Liver Transplantation: Patient Selection, Anatomy, and OutcomesJennifer Berumen, MD, UC San Diego
  • Tumor BoardAll above faculty; Dimitrios Filippiadis, MD, PhD, MSc, EBIR, University General Hospital Attikon; Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, Stanford School of Medicine
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Scientific Oral Abstracts

Additional details to come. 

11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Expo Hall, Lunch and Industry Symposia

Additional details to come. Scholars may attend the symposium of their choice.

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Interventional Oncology and Immunotherapy

Moderators: Prof. S. Nahum Goldberg, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center; Terence P. Gade, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

  • General Overview: Where Are We Currently? Gosse J. Adema, PhD, Radboud University Medical Center
  • Immunotherapy and Percutaneous Ablation: What's New and Where Are We Going? Michal Mauda-Havakuk, MD, PhD, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
  • Immunotherapy and Intra-Arterial Therapy: What's New and Where Are We Going? Rony Avritscher, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Positive Effects of Local TherapiesProf. S. Nahum Goldberg, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Oligomets Tumor Board

Moderators: David Breen, MD, MRCP, FRCR, University Hospitals Southampton; Matthew Callstrom, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic

Faculty: Alexis Kelekis, MD, PhD, EBIR, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Jess Maxwell, MD, MBA, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Ann Radlow, MD, MPH, UCLA Dept. of Radiation Oncology; Sandy Liu, MD, City of Hope