The SIR Gold Medal was established in 1996 and is the highest honor that can be achieved in the field of interventional radiology. This honor is bestowed for excellence and lifetime achievement in interventional radiology to those individuals who have rendered exceptional service to the field. Gold Medal recipients exemplify those individuals who have dedicated their past and present talents to advancing the quality of patient care through the practice of interventional radiology, and who, by their outstanding achievements, also help to ensure the future of the field.
2023: Curtis W. Bakal, MD, MPH, FSIR; James G. Caridi, MD, FSIR; Ziv J Haskal, MD, FSIR
2022: Janette D. Durham, MD, FSIR; M. Victoria Marx, MD, FSIR; Scott O. Trerotola, MD, FSIR
2021: David Sacks, MD, FSIR; Michael D. Darcy, MD, FSIR; Richard B. Towbin, MD, FSIR
2020: James F. Benenati, MD, FSIR; Michael C. Soulen, MD, FSIR; David M. Williams, MD, FSIR
2019: Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FSIR, Daniel Picus, MD, FSIR, James N. Spies, MD, FSIR
2018: John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR, Renate L. Soulen, MD, FSIR, Karim Valji, MD, FSIR
2017: Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR, Jeanne M. LaBerge, MD, FSIR, Gao-Jun Teng, MD, FSIR
2016: Ernest J. Ferris, MD, FSIR, Ho-Young Song, MD, FSIR, Robert L. Vogelzang, MD, FSIR
2015: Harvey L. Neiman, M.D., FSIR; Anne C. Roberts, M.D., FSIR; and Johannes Lammer, M.D., FSIR
2014: Michael D. Dake, M.D., FSIR; Matthew A. Mauro, M.D., FSIR; and Lenny K. Tan, M.D., FSIR
2013: Wilfrido R. Castañeda-Zuniga, M.D., FSIR; David A. Kumpe, M.D., FSIR and Kenneth R. Thomson, M.D., FSIR
2012: Kyung J. Cho, MD, FSIR; Dimitrios Kelekis, MD, PhD, FSIR; Louis G. Martin, MD, FSIR
2011: Andrew B. Crummy, MD, FSIR; Gordon K. McLean, MD, FSIR; Peter B. Lauer, CAE
2010: John D. Fulco, MD, FSIR; Irvin F. Hawkins, MD, FSIR; David C. Levin, MD, FSIR
2009: Andreas Adam, MB, BS, FSIR, FRCR; Vincent P. Chuang, MD, FSIR; Thomas A. Sos, MD, FSIR
2008: Gary J. Becker, MD; Mark H. Wholey, MD; Gary S. Dorfman, MD
2007: Rolf W. Gunther, MD; Eugene Klatte, MD; Julio Palmaz, MD
2006: Plinio Rossi, MD, FSIR: Harold Mitty, MD, FSIR; Eric Martin, MD, FSIR
2005: Frederick Keller, MD, FSIR; John Abele
2004: Stewart Reuter, MD, JD, FSIR; Franklin J. Miller, MD, FSIR
2003: Arthur Waltman, MD, FSIR; Sidney Wallace, MD, FSIR
2002: Barry T. Katzen, MD, FSIR; Joseph J. Bookstein, MD, FSIR
2001: William J. Casarella, MD, FSIR; Ernest J. Ring, MD, FSIR
2000: Helen Redman, MD; Herbert L. Abrams, MD, FSIR; Robert I. White Jr., MD, FSIR
1999: Constantin Cope, MD, FSIR; William Cook
1998: Stanley Baum, MD, FSIR; Anders M. Lunderquist, MD, FSIR
1997: John L. Doppman, MD; Josef Rosch, MD, FSIR
1996: Kurt Amplatz, MD, FSIR; Cesare Gianturco, MD
