SIR Governance Structure body of SIR provides leadership, SIR Board of Directors
informs strategy and delegates to divisions and volunteers.
SIR Fiduciary Committees
Advance efficiency of the Board Advance efficiency of the Board
SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council
SIR Executive Director SIR Executive Director
SIR Foundation JVIR Editorial Board
JVIR Editorial Board
Corporate Ambassadors Program
Corporate Ambassadors Program
Divisions
Support the functional areas of SIR Support the functional areas of SIR
Engage SIR members with similar interests Sections
Engage SIR members with similar interests and workgroups Support the work of the SIR divisions and sections
There are some vocabulary changes that come with this restructure. As the service lines are now referred to as the clinical specialty councils, the chair of each council is now called the councilor. “There are some new words to learn,” says Dr. Dake. “But there is already such positive energy existing around these new ideas and titles.”
Under this new structure, the clinical specialty councils will have a more active role in SIR and SIR Foundation initiatives. “It used to be that board members would meet, and then service lines would be notified if something was needed,” said Dr. Patel. “Now our clinical specialty councilors will have the ability to notify leadership about areas in their disease state that are coming up or need attention.”
SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council In order to communicate the needs and initiatives of the various disease state experts, clinical specialty councilors will join the newly formed SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council. The steering council will include SIR division councilors and SIR Foundation division chairs. This structure enables clinical specialty councilors to learn about the efforts being undertaken by other divisions and can put forth initiatives and programs for discussion.
“The decision-making occurs at the Steering Council meetings now,” said Dr. Patel. “Councilors can make decisions, bring questions, propose actions and ratify decisions. If resources are needed, then it will move up the ladder. If resources
already exist, the Steering Council has the authority to just move forward.”
Private practice representation The new structure is also more inclusive of private practice IRs; Each clinical specialty council has specifically allocated a seat for a private practice representative. “That’s eight opportunities specifically for private practice members to get involved,” said Dr. Patel. It’s important to note, Dr. Patel added, that private practice IRs aren’t constrained to only one seat per clinical specialty council—if an entire council were to be comprised of private practitioners, that wouldn’t be an issue. “SIR is not an organization that is strictly for one group or community. We are trying
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Clinical Specialty Councils
Advise SIR on both image-guided procedures and non-procedural patient care specific to each disease state
Advise SIR on both image-guided procedures and non-procedural patient care specific to each disease state
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