Its largest Gala to date, SIR Foundation filled the Beverly Wilshire on Sunday night to honor Constantin Cope, MD, FSIR, with the 2018 Frederick S. Keller, MD, Philanthropy Award. His family accepted the award on his behalf and spoke about their father’s incredible legacy and generosity.
The event also featured guest speaker Ryan Kiefer, a graduating medical student from the University of Pennsylvania, who shared his experience as an HHMI Fellow funded by SIR Foundation and a 2018 recipient of the Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award.
The evening concluded with a paddle raise led by incoming SIR Foundation Chair Jeremy C. Durack, MD, MS, FSIR, to advance interventional radiology through research. The Gala raised more than $500,000 for SIR Foundation.
Save the date for the 2019 Gala: March 24, 2019, in Austin. For more information about the Gala, please contact Terrianne Zeifman at tzeifman@sirweb.org or Becca Ginns at bginns@sirweb.org.
In gratitiude
SIR Foundation is grateful to the hundreds of people who supported the 2018 Gala through attendance, silent auction item participation, and through paddle raise donations during the event. SIR Foundation also recognizes the corporate partners who helped make the 2018 Gala a record-breaking success.
