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CIRSE’s Membership Committee: In conversation with Dr. Alex Barnacle

November 20, 2024 – It’s good to be a CIRSE member! Dr. Alex Barnacle agrees; we spoke to her to discuss the impact that CIRSE membership has had on her career and her new role as the chairperson of CIRSE’s membership committee.

The University Hospital of Strasbourg becomes the world’s first IASIOS Centre of Excellence!

November 14, 2024 – The International Accreditation System for Interventional Oncology Services is proud to announce that the University Hospital of Strasbourg in France is the first facility to receive the prestigious Centre of Excellence status. To commemorate this landmark achievement, we spoke with Prof. Afshin Gangi and his team.

In conversation with the CIRSE 2025 SPC Chairpersons

November 5, 2024 – CIRSE 2025 SPC Chairperson Prof. Gerard O’Sullivan and Deputy Chairperson Prof. Militiadis Krokidis spoke to us about their motivations and plans for next year’s CIRSE Annual Congress.

CIRSE’s Educational Portfolio: Updates and outlooks

October 29, 2024 – CIRSE’s educational portfolio flourished throughout 2024. Read on to make sure you are aware of everything that you have access to from 2024 and take a first look at what’s on deck for the coming year!

CIRSE 2024: Best Scientific Paper and Poster Awards

October 23, 2024 – Each year, CIRSE highlights superlative work with Best Scientific Paper Award and the Magna Cum Laude Poster Award. This year’s winners spoke with us to share their motivations and background behind their outstanding contributions to CIRSE 2024.

Lines from the new CIRSE President

October 16, 2024 – In his inaugural address as CIRSE President, Prof. Philippe L. Pereira expresses his profound honour in leading the global scientific society for interventional radiology and minimally invasive image-guided therapies and gives a preview of what he hopes to accomplish during his presidency.

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The Global IR Summit

October 8, 2024 – Societies from nations worldwide convened to discuss the international status of IR during the Global IR Summit at CIRSE 2024.

Immunophotonics, CIRSE, and Next Research announce innovative phase 2/3 clinical trial: INJECTABL-3

September 14, 2024 – By partnering on a clinical trial with Immunophotonics, Inc. on their lead clinical asset IP-001, CIRSE is hoping to help address the major unmet medical issues of tumor recurrence following tumor ablation.

CIRSE at the 2024 APSCVIR Outreach Programme

August 27, 2024 – Dr. Jurgen Runge from Utrecht/NL, represented CIRSE at the 2024 Outreach programme in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He wrote to us to share about his experiences.

Women in IR: ETF reaches gender parity

August 16, 2024 – To celebrate the ETF reaching gender parity this year, we spoke to ETF Subcommittee members Dr. Laetitia Saccenti, Dr. Greicy Heymann, Dr. Inês Conde Vasco, and Dr. Ornella Moschovaki-Zeiger to hear their personal experiences as young women in IR.

CVIR: The leading journal in IR

August 2, 2024 – In the rapidly evolving field of IR, maintaining a leading position among academic journals is no small feat. CVIR has consistently proven its prominence as a cornerstone in the dissemination of groundbreaking research and clinical advancements. CVIR Editor-in-Chief Prof. Klaus Hausegger reflected with us on the Journal’s accomplishments over the past years.

CALCIO Enrolment has started!

July 31, 2024 – CALCIO is a prospective, observational cohort study that is collecting real-world data on the use of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) with the Shockwave Medical IVL system (Shockwave Medical, Inc.) to disrupt vascular calcifications in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI).

CIRSE Fellowship Grant Programme: Dr. Ákos Bérczi

July 25, 2024 – The CIRSE Fellowship Grant Programme helps members fund an educational one-month stay abroad at a European centre of excellence. Dr. Ákos Bérczi wrote to us to share his experiences with the IR department at St George’s Hospital in London, England.

EBIR – Now available in Italian!

June 18, 2024 – In collaboration with the interventional radiology section of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), the European Board of Interventional Radiology will be offered in Italian for the first time on October 24, 2024. The introduction of the EBIR exam in Italian is an important step towards greater inclusivity in medical certification.

The 2024 IR Leadership Meeting

July 11, 2024 – On the eve of ET 2024, leaders of interventional radiology societies from across Europe met in Vienna for CIRSE’s first IR Leadership Meeting. This meeting included interactive discussions and breakout sessions on the current status and set-up of interventional radiology in Europe.

INTERACT-EUROPE 100: Encouragement from Dr. Orsi

July 4, 2024 – The INTERACT-EUROPE 100 initiative is recruiting 100 cancer centres across Europe to take part in an interdisciplinary training programme over the next three years. Dr. Franco Orsi wrote to us to tell us about the background of the programme and why it is imperative that centres with developed interventional oncology practices take part.

CVIR Endovascular Young Investigator Award: An interview with Prof. Clements

June 27, 2024 – CVIR Endovascular will offer a Young Investigator Award again this year to support young IRs in their research. We spoke to Prof. Warren Clements, who won the award in 2023, for his thoughts on what he feels stood out about his work, the challenges that young researchers face, and his words of encouragement for this year’s applicants.

ET 2024 awards and honours

June 18, 2024 – Each year, the European Conference on Embolotherapy confers awards to physicians who stand out from the crowd. Read on to hear from ET 2024’s Best Scientific Paper Award winner and from the Magna Cum Laude Poster Award winner!

ET 2024 – a look back at the embolotherapy meeting of the year!

June 12, 2024 – This year’s European Conference on Embolotherapy brought together expert faculty members and practitioners from around the world for four days of exciting lectures and productive discussions throughout innovative session formats. Look back at ET 2024 in pictures!

New research at ECIO 2024

June 5, 2024 – Each year, ECIO hosts several sessions and lectures that emphasize the vital part that ongoing research and trials play in the future of interventional oncology. Read on to review these innovative sessions from ECIO 2024!

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