SIR’s most well-known educational opportunity is the Annual Scientific Meeting, which has brought IRs from across the globe together for almost 50 years to improve patient care through education, advocacy and thought leadership. No one meeting has been the same—from a single-room session in Key Largo to a COVID-era digital experience, the Annual Scientific Meeting is always expanding, adapting and revising its educational offerings.
SIR 2025 will be the hub of all SIR 50th anniversary celebrations, so don’t miss out on the party. From competitions to new session types, SIR 2025 offers something for members of every practice level and specialty.
This year, get ready for:
- More networking than ever before with designated times on the program. Join the conversation, ask questions and learn from your colleagues.
- New session formats to spur creativity, learn new techniques, solve problems in relaxed settings and connect with other IRs.
- Opportunities designed to advance your career and adapt to the ever-changing job market through upskilling and reskilling.
Keep reading to learn more, and be sure to check out SIR Today for your meeting news and insights!
Meet the 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting Committee
- Gloria Salazar, MD, FSIR: Program chair
- Bulent Arslan, MD, FSIR: Workshop chair
- Kush Desai, MD, FSIR: Scientific program chair
- Kumar Madassery, MD, FSIR: Scientific program vice-chair
- Paula Novelli, FSIR, MD: Special programs chair
- Erik Cressman, MD, PhD, FSIR: SIR 2024 program chair
Sessions at a glance
SIR 2025 has expanded and updated its educational offerings this year. Not sure what to expect from certain programming? Check out the guide below to help you design your SIR 2025 experience.
Plenary Sessions (CME activity): This year’s plenary session programming invites all attendees to join together for large-forum discussions on the role of IR as a patient-centered specialty.
- Sunday: Opening Plenary with Gold Medalists, Leader in Innovation Awards and Dotter Lecture by Lindsay Machan, MD, FSIR
- Monday: The Power of Interventional Radiologists to shape and lead the Healthcare System
- Tuesday: “I owe my life to IR” with best-selling author Sebastian Junger
- Wednesday: Jeopardy Around the World
Categorical Courses (CME activity): These sessions blend didactic lectures and case presentations to provide an in-depth review of a specific clinical focus, integrating recent and ongoing research.
Angio Club Workshops (CME activity): These workshops provide practical “how I do it” insights through a case-based learning format.
SIR Connect Townhalls (non-CME): These sessions provide a platform for informal discussions between panelists and attendees, prioritizing open dialogue and participant engagement without slides or presentations.
Technology Showcases (non-CME): SIR’s Technology Showcases (formally hands-on workshops) allow attendees to explore the technologies powering the specialty in a uniquely interactive learning format, guided by clinician and industry experts. Tickets and registration required.
IR Escape Room (CME activity): Can you and your team emphasize clinical problem-solving, work together and get creative? Try out the IR Escape Rooms, two clinical simulations that utilize puzzles, encrypted messages, virtual reality and IR knowledge to complete.
Extreme IR Symposium (CME activity): Often mimicked, never matched. Extreme IR curates interesting and extreme case presentations where success and disaster are dissected and lauded in pursuit of education, safety and expanded clinical knowledge.
Deep Dive Labs (CME activity): The SIR Deep Dive Labs aim to enhance and refine specific skill sets, one topic at a time. Deep Dive topics include:
- Becoming an expert witness: Everything from being contacted by counsel for a potential case to handling cross-examination, and the moral and ethical ramifications involved.
- Percutaneous cholangioschopy: Open to attendees with cholangioscope experience seeking advanced knowledge and techniques.
- Percutaneous fistula creation (pAVF) and maintenance: Designed for the mid-career level IR, this lab combines didactic lectures on creation, data and fistula maintenance with hands-on experiences, as well as input from a nephrologist and access nurse.
SIR Vascular Huddle Symposium (CME activity): This symposium brings together key opinion leaders to share new developments in clinical practice and research on all-things vascular. Learn about new techniques and advances, debate controversies, hear from multidisciplinary round tables and attend interactive case discussions.
SIR Stroke Course (CME activity): IRs with interest or experience in cerebral angiography, carotid revascularization, and/or endovascular stroke thrombectomy can earn more than 8 hours of CME credit at the 2025 SIR Stroke Course. Topics from the multidisciplinary faculty include stroke pathophysiology, the latest updates on stroke trials, emerging areas for endovascular thrombectomy, challenging interventions in refractory and tandem occlusion cases, and case presentations. Separate registration required.
SIR Business Institute: The SIR Business Institute offers a masterclass for IRs and practice administrators, focusing on improving business strategies in their field. By attending the SIR Business Institute, participants will gain comfort with key financial matters, build non-clinical business skills and learn about contracts and other legal considerations. Separate registration required.
Special events
Celebrate, network and have fun at SIR 2025 with these special events and activities.
SIR 50 and Forward Experience: Explore 50 years of SIR with this collection of artifacts, documents, videos and photos, compiled in collaboration with Cook Medical and Boston Scientific.
The EDGE Pickleball court: Join us for the inaugural EDGE Pickleball Tournament Sunday–Tuesday in the IRHub in the Expo. Don't miss your chance to show your skills and take home the win.
SIR 2025 Opening Reception: Hosted for the first time ever in the IRHub in the SIR Expo, the Opening Reception will take place on Saturday night and is open to all attendees and registered guests. Enjoy this great opportunity for informal networking and relaxation with colleagues and friends. All hotels are within a short walking distance.
SIR Foundation Gala: On Sunday, March 30, enjoy the vibrant energy of Nashville while supporting the SIR Foundation's mission to advance IR through research and education. Tickets and registration required.
Read previews and live coverage of SIR 2025 on the website of SIR Today, sirtoday.org.
