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Inside the SIR governance evolution
The improved structure, which will make communication between all members easier and more transparent, will also increase volunteer opportunities, highlight the path to leadership, and allow SIR and SIR Foundation to function at the highest capacity.
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The governance evolution was spurred by SIR’s rapid expansion in recent years. “We’ve added new areas to our governance that didn’t exist when we were founded,” said President-elect Parag J. Patel, MD, MS, FSIR. “Since our founding, we’ve prioritized research and educational offerings. We’ve added a lot of communities and interest groups since then.” According to Dr. Patel, these communities and areas were simply added onto the existing structure, making for an organizational chart that was, at times, difficult to explain and didn’t function as smoothly as needed to encompass all of SIR’s moving
IR will soon be more member- driven than ever, thanks to the governance structure evolution currently underway.
parts. “This governance evolution is a compliment to the growth of SIR and SIR Foundation,” Dr. Patel said. “We need to restructure to match our tremendous growth.”
The governance evolution has been planned for almost 2 years, with Dr. Patel spearheading the effort alongside Secretary Alda L. Tam, MD, FSIR, Immediate Past-president Michael D. Dake, MD, FSIR and SIR Foundation chair Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR. The goal was to streamline the structure while considering the priorities, needs and voices of members. “Baked into the restructure is the importance of communication and transparency,” said Dr. Dake. “This is the first substantial improvement to our governing structures, and it has been crowdsourced from member opinions and ideas.”
The main changes “The new structure prioritizes member interaction and initiative,” said Dr. Tam. “Because the whole structure now has
better communication, an idea can start at the bottom and work its way to the top very easily.”
Clinical specialty councils One way this is accomplished is through the new clinical specialty councils, which bring together SIR’s disease state experts. In the former structure, these experts were known as the service lines, each of which was run by a chair or co-chairs and had a general member roster. Now, the former service lines each have their own specific steering council, comprised of up to fifteen members, and each disease state will be represented at the larger, bimonthly Steering Council meeting. All existing service lines will be included, with the new addition of pediatric IR. “Pediatric IR has unique needs and issues,” said Dr. Patel. “We felt we could do a better job of serving that group than we previously have, especially because many general interventionalists have to treat pediatric patients as well and will benefit from the knowledge of our specialized colleagues.”
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