31st Annual Meeting
March 2022 - Details coming soon!
*Our 2020 Annual Meeting information is posted below for reference. Updates about the 2022 meeting will be coming soon.
Please join us at this year's AVIR 30th Annual Scientific Meeting to be held as a virtual conference starting on Saturday, March 20, 2021!
*Covid-19 Pandemic Update
-- We are offering this meeting as a Virtual Webinar -- Just register online.
Connection information will be provided prior to the meeting.
Recordings and CME will be made available the following day.
EDUCATION IS OUR TOP PRIORITY!
With education documentation becoming a way of life and the budget constraints facing many hospitals and institutions, in conjunction with the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing (ARIN), AVIR strives to builds an education program that meets and exceeds the expectations of our attendees.
The AVIR Annual Scientific Meeting continues to provide an excellent venue for participation and marketing for our corporate sponsors.
ABOUT US The Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers (AVIR) is a nonprofit, national organization of Radiologic Technologists and allied health professional deeply committed to improving health and the quality of life through the practice of vascular and interventional radiology, while providing strong leadership and the development of superior education for our members.
OUR MISSION is to grow, advance, and continue education in the area of vascular and interventional radiology and to promote professional growth and resources for AVIR members throughout the medical community.
The AVIR is comprised of department managers, chief technologists, directors and administrators as well as interventional radiographers and nurses. These personnel are often key decision-makers in determining hospital/vendor contracts, budget planning and inventory management, thus making the AVIR a prime target audience for marketing and advertising.
Agenda Daily schedule will run from 9:45a - 5:30p EST | NOTE: Subject to change
Day 1 - SATURDAY MARCH 20th
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:45a | Presidential Welcome | Rennie Mohabir, MBA, RT(R) |
| 10:00a | Evolution not Revolution - Indispensable CARE | Dr Janice Newsome |
| Shari Ulman Gold Medal Lecture Recipient, sponsored by Medtronic | ||
| 10:50a | Complex Hemodialysis Access | Dr Mark Lessne |
| 11:40a | Covid-19 | Dr Tania Bubb |
| 12:30p | BREAK | |
| 1:00p | Prostate Artery Embolization | Dr Kavi Devulapalli |
| 2:00p | PAD Inflow | Dr Kumar Madassery |
| 2:40p | Medtronic Presentation | |
| 2:50p | PE Interventions | Dr Charles Ritchie |
| 3:45p | Combating Burnout | Dr Agnes Solberg |
| 4:20p | Radiation Safety | Dr Lawrence Dauer |
| 5:00p | Business Meeting/Awards | |
| 5:30p | ADJOURN |
5:00 pm Business Meeting:
Although it's the end of an awesome (but long day!), we'd love for you to grab your favorite beverage and stick around so you can hear some updates about AVIR's "state of the union," meet your new board members and help congratulate one of our own as she receives the Award of Excellence. We look forward to e-seeing you there! The prize drawing winner for $!50 Amazon Gift Card will also be announced!
Day 2 - SUNDAY MARCH 21st
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:55a | Introduction to the day | Sandra |
| 10:00a | Endovascular Therapy for Infrapopliteal Disease | Dr John Winscott |
| 11:00a | Medtronic Commercial | |
| 11:10a | Global Health Panel Talk | Drs Azza, Laage-Gaupp, Dixon, Newsome, Mbuguje, Rukundo |
| 12:00p | Venous Interventions, SVC Occlusions | Dr Gail Peters |
| 12:30p | Dialysis Access Interventions | Dr Peter Bream |
| 1:10p | BREAK | |
| 1:30p | Stroke | Dr David Miller |
| 2:30p | Intracranial Aneurysms | Dr Rabih Tawk |
| 3:05p | Management of Carotid Disease | Dr Rabih Tawk |
| 4:00p | Y90 Radioembolization: Technique and Outcomes | Dr Ahmed Kamel Abdelaal |
| 4:45p | IR Social Media: What, Where, When and Why | Dr AJ Gunn |
| 5:15p | Portal Vein Thrombectomy | Dr Alex Wallace |
| 5:20p | Drawing for $150 Amazon Gift Card | |
| 5:50p | ADJOURN |
Day 3 - MONDAY MARCH 22nd
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:55a | Introduction of the day | ||
| 10:00a | Trauma Intervention | Dr Barbara Hamilton | |
| 10:50a | Passion Projects and Burnout | Dr Aaron Fritts | |
| 11:20a | Thermal Ablations | Dr Charles Martin | |
| 11:55a | Advanced IVCF Filter Retrieval | Dr Peter Stibbs | |
| 1:20p | BREAK | ||
| 1:30p | 10,000 foot Perspective on Embolization | Dr Ziv Haskal | |
| 2:15p | Innovations in Peds IR | Dr John Racadio | |
| 2:55p | Renal Ablations | Dr Robert Dixon | |
| 3:30p | Artificial Intelligence in the IR Lab | Dr Rajesh Shah | |
| 4:20p | IR Coding | Jennifer Eklund RT(R)(CV)(M) CIRCC | |
| 5:20p | Drawing for Apple AirPods and Wrap Up | ||
| 5:30p | ADJOURN |
Accreditation Statement
AVIR designates this activity for up to 18 Category A or A+ Continuing Education Credits applied for through AVIR. All meeting and workshop lectures will be submitted to the ARRT for Structured Education credits.
ARRT RCEEM
AVIR is an ARRT Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM). Through our Approval of Continuing Education (ACE) you can get your local education approved for AART recognized A or A+ CE Credits. Make your education count and count us in to help.
If you are unable to watch it live these lectures will be available on-demand for up to 30 days, but you will be required to take a test, which is current with ARRT standards.
Faculty
Speakers are subject to change:
Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal, MD, MSc, PhD, FSIR
Houston, TXProfessor of Radiology and Internal Medicine, the Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at UTHealth
Peter Bream, MD
Chapel Hill, NCProfessor of Radiology, Program Director - Diagnostic Radiology, UNC
Tania Bubb, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC
New York, NYDr. Bubb is currently the director of infection control at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
Lawrence T Dauer, PhD
New York, NYA clinical physicist who has worked in radiation protection & health physics for more than 30 years, currently at Memorial Sloan Kettering
Kavi Devulapalli, MD
Durham, NCAn interventional radiologist who specialized in peripheral vascular inventions. Co-founder of Vascular Solutions of North Carolina.
Robert G Dixon, MD, FSIR
Chapel Hill, NCProfessor of Radiology, Program Director - IR Residency, UNC
Jennifer Eklund, RT(R)(CV)(M) CIRCC
Milwaukee, WITechnical Billing Specialist, Co-Chair Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the AVIR 2011-Present, Froedtert Hospital
Aaron Fritts, MD
Dallas, TXInterventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology at Baylor Scott & White Health. Co-Founder of BackTable.
AJ Gunn, MD
Birmingham, ALGunn is an expert in the field of interventional radiology with a special focus on treating cancer through minimally invasive techniques.
Barbara Hamilton, MD
Palm Springs, CAChief of Interventional Radiology at Desert Regional Medical Center, Author of Save Lives, Enjoy Your Own: Finding Your Place in Medicine
Mark Lessne, MD
CHARLOTTE, NCVascular and Interventional Radiology, Charlotte Radiology
Sreekumar Madassery, MD
Chicago, ILAssistant Professor at Rush University
Charles Martin, MD
Cleveland, OHCo-Director and Interventional Radiologist at the Cleveland Clinic
David A Miller, MD
JACKSONVILLE, FLDirector, Comprehensive Stroke Center at Mayo
Rennie Mohabir, MBA, RT(R)
New York, NYPresident, AVIR. Over 20+ years of experience in Interventional Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Janice M. Newsome MD, FSIR
ATLANTA, GAJanice Newsome, MD, FSIR, is Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine
Gail L Peters, MD
Atlanta, GAAn experienced radiologist and serves as the Residency and Fellowship Program Director for Interventional Radiology, Emory Healhcare
John M Racadio, MD
Cincinnati, OHJohn M. Racadio, MD, is the director of the Interventional Radiology Translational Research and Simulation Lab at Cincinnati Children's
Charles Ritche, MD
JACKSONVILLE, FLInterventional radiologist who went to medical school at Florida State University College of Medicine and now working at Mayo Clinic.
Rajesh Shah, MD
Stanford, CAClinical Associate Professor, Director of IV VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence & Imaging (AIMI)
Agnes Solberg, MD
BISMARK, NDInterventional Radiologist, CHI St. Alexius Health
Peter Stibbs, RPA/RRA, RT (R) (VI)
Lakeland, FLRadiologist Assistant, Radiology and Imaging Specialists
Rabih G Tawk, MD
JACKSONVILLE, FLNeurosurgeon, Mayo Clinic
Alex L Wallace, MD
Jacksonville, FLInterventional Radiologist, Mayo Clinic Florida
John G Winscott, MD
Jackson, MSAssociate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ziv J Haskal, MD
Charlottesville, VAA tenured professor of radiology and medical imaging in the Division of IR, University of Virginia, Emeritus Editor of the JVIR (2011-2020)