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LEARN and ACTIVE This fall, take a comprehensive approach to vascular education by planning to attend LEARN and ACTIVE. Each course is delivered as a 1-day, deep dive into the most current evidence-based techniques for treating and managing patients with peripheral arterial disease (LEARN) and venous disease (ACTIVE).


Keep current through a powerful combination of pre-recorded case-based panel discussions, SA-CME-accredited lectures, and simulcast presentations of techniques and devices. Stay tuned to sirweb.org for registration information, faculty listings and program updates.


Registration is now open for both meetings. learn more at bit.ly/LEARN_21 and bit.ly_ACTiVE_21


Open now: Women in IR Champion


Award nominations Nominations for the 2022 Women in IR Champion Award are now open. The Women in IR Champion Award was established in 2020 and is presented to recognize an individual who has consistently made a significant contribution to the advancement of women in IR, such as in:


• sponsorship • mentorship


• teaching • promotion


• advocacy • recruitment


Nominees must be actively practicing and a member of SIR for at least 10 years post training. Learn more and nominate someone at bit.ly/WIR_champion.


Nominations for the 2022 Women in IR Champion Award are due Sept. 30. Are you listening to


the Kinked Wire? Did you know you can listen to The Kinked Wire anywhere podcasts are found? Search for it on BuzzSprout, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and TunedIn, or say, “Hey Alexa, play the latest episode of The Kinked Wire podcast.”


All episodes are available online at bit.ly/KWire-all including recent and upcoming episodes:


• IRs in focus with Daniel Sze, MD, PhD, FSIR


• Fostering diversity from training on with Vishal Kumar, MD, FSIR


• Exploring OBLs with Bret N. Weichmann, MD, FSIR


Listen and learn more at bit.ly/KWire-all


SIR submits comment to CMS about GME


distribution methodology SIR submitted a comment letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) supporting alternative two of the proposed graduate medical education (GME) distribution methodologies. This alternative would award slots to hospitals that meet all four categories in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 for Fiscal Year 2023 only and to allow CMS additional time to work with stakeholders on a more refined distribution criteria and process. Review all of SIR’s latest advocacy efforts on our website.


Have you enrolled


in VIRTEX? With your participation, VIRTEX will become the gold standard for clinical interventional radiology data to drive quality patient care and effectiveness. The registry will extend beyond IR-patient engagement to standardize IR treatments and outcomes and advance evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Learn more and enroll at bit.ly/SIR_VIRTEX.


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