Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee

2026 Committee Chairs

David Breen

Program Chair

David Breen, MRCP, FRCR

University Hospitals Southampton


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  • Proctor and Advisory Board – Boston Scientific, ongoing
  • Proctor and Advisory Board – Neuwave, concluded 
  • Advisory Board – Varian, ongoing
Vijay Ramalingam

Program Committee Co-Chair and Board Liaison

Vijay Ramalingam, MD FSIR

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

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  • Advisory Board – Gore, ongoing
  • Advisory Board – Boston Scientific, ongoing 
  • Advisory Board – Inari, ongoing
Nicholas Fidelman

Immediate Past Chair

Nicholas Fidelman, MD

University of California, San Francisco

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  • Research Grant through Institution – Merck, ongoing
Christos Georgiades

Scientific Chair

Christos Georgiades, MD, PhD

Johns Hopkins, University

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  • No disclosures
Irene Bargellinni

Workshops & Special Programming Chair

Irene Bargellini, MD

Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS; University of Turin

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  • Consultant – Boston Scientific, ongoing
  • Speaker – Sirtex, concluded 
  • Consultant – Terumo Europe, ongoing
  • Consultant – AstraZeneca, ongoing
  • Speaker – Roche, concluded
  • Consultant – Eisai, concluded
Rob Suh

IO Essentials Co-Chair & Advisor

Rob Suh, MD

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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  • Advisory Board, Speaker – Boston Scientific, ongoing
  • Speaker – Galvanize Therapeutics, ongoing 
  • Consultant – Varian, ongoing
Brian Welch

IO Essentials Co-Chair

Brian Welch, MD

Mayo Clinic (Rochester)

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No disclosures

2026 Committee Members

Joseph Erinjeri

AI Science Liaison

Joseph Erinjeri, MD, PhD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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  • Consultant – AstraZeneca, ongoing
Rony Avritscher

Research Liaison

Rony Avritscher, MD

MD Anderson Cancer Center

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  • Speaker – Guerbet, ongoing
  • Consultant – Siemens Healthineers, concluded
  • Speaker and Advisory Board – Eisai, concluded
  • Speaker – Sirtex, concluded
  • Consultant – Terumo, concluded
Jason Levy

Regional Representative

Jason Levy, MD, FSIR

Northside Hospital (Atlanta)

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  • Consultant, Speaker, and Advisory Board – Medtronic, ongoing
  • Consultant, Speaker, and Advisory Board – Stryker, ongoing
  • Consultant, Speaker, and Advisory Board – Sirtex, ongoing
  • Consultant, Speaker, and Advisory Board – Boston Scientific, ongoing
  • Consultant – AstraZeneca, ongoing
Pierleone Lucatelli

International Representative

Pierleone Lucatelli, MD, PhD, EBIR, FCIRSE

Policlinico Umberto I - Sapienza University of Rome

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No disclosures

Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh

Member-at-Large

Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD

University of California, Irvine

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  • PI on Clinical Trials – Innova Vascular Inc, Medtronic Inc, Penumbra Inc, Teclison Limited Inc, Sirtex Medical Ltd, ABK Biomedical, Impact Biotech Inc., Guerbet, Varian, ongoing (funds to institution)
  • PI on Clinical Trials – Instylla HES Inc, Angiodynamics Inc., concluded (funds to institution)
  • Consultant – Eisai, ongoing
  • Consultant – AstraZeneca, ongoing
  • Consultant – Terumo, ongoing
  • Consultant – Gerbet, ongoing
  • Consultant – Instylla, ongoing
  • Consultant – Boston Scientific, ongoing
  • Consultant – ABK Biomedical, ongoing
  • Member of data safety monitoring board – IVQIA, ongoing
  • Consultant – Roche, concluded
  • Consultant – Genentech, concluded
  • Consultant – Sirtex, concluded
  • Speaker – Angiodynamics, concluded
  • Speaker – Varian, concluded
  • Advisory Board – Replimune, concluded
  • Member of data safety monitoring board – IVQIA, ongoing
Isabel Gala Newton

Member-at-Large

Isabel Gala Newton, MD, PhD

UCSD, VASDMC

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  • Consultant and Advisory Board – Boston Scientific, ongoing
Nicole Lamperello

Member-at-Large

Nicole Lamperello, MD

Weill Cornell

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  • Consultant and Advisory Board – Trisalus, ongoing
Sean Tutton

Education Advisor

Sean Tutton, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE

University of California, San Diego

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  • Consultant – Stryker, ongoing
  • Consultant – Seimens, ongoing
  • Consultant – GE, ongoing
  • Consultant and Advisory Board – Boston Scientific, ongoing
  • Consultant and Advisory Board – Quantum Surgical, ongoing