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IRs at the University of Virginia Hospital watch Dr. Dake’s address. Courtesy of Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR


Innovative education


Highlights from the SIR 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting


but it couldn’t diminish the enthusiasm of attendees, faculty and corporate partners as they participated in the SIR 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting.


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Even though the venue had changed from a high-profile city to attendees’ own living rooms or offices, the meeting’s content remained engaging and thought- provoking, with research that continued to push the envelope of improving patient care. The innovative format brought with it new opportunities:


• A 7-day format built around topical themes to help attendees plan their week


• 2 full days dedicated to section programming


he COVID-19 pandemic may have restricted the interventional radiology community’s ability to travel,


• Chatting with presenters and each other during presentations


• Jumping from session to session in a moment’s time


• Networking receptions held almost every evening


• Quickly reviewing the day’s presentations after a full clinic day


The society thanks the Annual Meeting Committee, faculty, volunteers, corporate supporters, attendees and all others who made the meeting such a success!


Below are excerpts from previews and recaps of the events and research presented at the meeting (read the full articles on bit.ly/sirtoday21 or at the links below).


Find a session you missed and want more? You can still purchase access to


recorded content via the Digital Video Library dvl.sirweb.org.


SIR awards Dotter Lecture In the 2021 Dotter Lecture, “The reluctant cowboy: Moving past myth and dogma,” Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR, deconstructed commonly held IR “myths” and dogmatic practice approaches, calling for a more rigorous culture of data and research. “We need to be accountable and adopt a skeptical approach that can only be satisfied through repetition and replication,” Dr. Haskal said. bit.ly/3f3xD24


In the 2020 Dotter Lecture, “Why Are We Doing This Procedure? Asking the fundamental question in interventional radiology,” Karim Valji, MD, FSIR, said, “We enter the pathway of care after a long series of complications has unfolded,” comparing the sensation of joining the care team of a complex case to jumping on a runaway train that seems impossible to stop. “Questioning the procedure at this stage can be awkward and difficult, especially in private practice.” bit.ly/39ijZnY


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