
Annual Meeting
Live Streaming - March 20-22nd, 2021
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 |
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9:45-10:00a | Presidential Welcome | Rennie Mohabir, MBA, RT(R) |
10:00-11:00a | Award Lecture | Dr Janice Newsome |
11:00-11:30p | Complex Hemodialysis Access | Dr Mark Lessne |
Poster 1 | ||
11:45-12:15p | Dialysis Access Interventions | Dr Peter Bream |
Poster 2 | ||
12:30-1:00p | PAE | Dr Kavi Devulapalli |
1:00-2:00p | BREAK | |
2:00-2:55p | Dialysis Access / Fistula Maintenance | Dr Kumar Madassery |
Medtronic Presentation | ||
3:00-3:50p | PE Interventions | Dr Charles Ritchie |
Medtronic Presentation | ||
Poster 4 | ||
4:00-4:30p | Combating Burnout | Dr Agnes Solberg |
4:30-5:00p | Radiation Safety | Dr Lawrence Dauer |
5:00-5:30p | Business Meeting |
Day 2 - SUNDAY MARCH 21st
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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10:00-10:50a | PAD | Dr John Winscott |
Poster 5 | ||
11:00-11:50p | Portal Vein Thrombectomy | Dr Alex Wallace |
12:00-12:30p | SVC Occlusions | Dr Gail Peters |
12:30-1:00p | COVID-19 | Dr Tania Bubb |
1:00-2:00p | BREAK | |
2:00-2:50p | Stroke | Dr David Miller |
3:00-3:30p | Cerebral Aneurysm | Dr Rabih Tawk |
Poster 6 | ||
3:30-4:00p | Carotid Disease | Dr Rabih Tawk |
4:00-4:30p | Y-90 | Dr Ahmed Kamel Abdelaal |
4:30-5:00p | Social Media in Medicine | Dr AJ Gunn |
5:00-5:30p | Panel Talk - Global IR |
Day 3 - MONDAY MARCH 22nd
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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10:00-10:50a | Trauma Intervention | Dr Barbara Hamilton |
Poster 7 | ||
11:00-11:50p | Passion Projects and Burnout | Dr Aaron Fritts |
Poster 8 | ||
12:00-12:30p | Thermal Ablations | Dr Charles Martin |
12:30-1:00p | Advanced IVCF Retrieval | Dr Peter Stibbs |
1:00-2:00p | BREAK | |
2:00-2:50p | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 10,000 foot Perspective on Embolization (history/future etc.) | Dr Ziv Haskal |
Poster 9 | ||
3:00-3:30p | Innovations in Peds IR | Dr John Racadio |
Poster 10 | ||
3:30-4:00p | Renal Ablations | Dr Robert Dixon |
4:00-4:30p | Artificial Intelligence | Dr Rajesh Shah |
5:00-5:30p | Coding | Jennifer Eklund RT(R)(CV)(M) CIRCC |
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.
Keynote Speaker

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)
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 or 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