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Hope Racine, SIR TODAY 2022 | Monday, June 13

Building a culture of research is crucial to the future of interventional radiology, and it starts with understanding the impact of trials.

Today’s plenary lecture, “From Pipettes to Patients: The Importance of Research,” will feature guest speakers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Janice Lee, DDS, MD, MS, clinical director of NIDCR and deputy director for intramural clinical research, and Monica Webb Hooper, PhD, deputy director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, will present, followed by a brief panel discussion.

Both Drs. Webb Hooper and Lee have strong medical backgrounds—Dr. Lee completed her residency in general surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital before joining the staff of NIDCR. Dr. Webb Hooper is an internationally recognized translational behavior scientist and licensed clinical health psychologist.

In addition to Drs. Lee’s and Webb Hooper’s presentations, SIR Foundation Chair Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR, will address members and present SIR Foundation awards. According to Dr. Krol, "The researchers being recognized in this session are the rock stars of the future of IR. I hope everyone comes and recognizes their efforts and achievements."

Leaders in Innovation Award

• James B. Spies, MD, MPH, FSIR (read earlier interview)

Gary J. Becker Young Investigator Award

• Nima Kokabi, MD, from the Emory University School of Medicine

Excellence in Innovation

• Prasoon Mohan, MD, from the University of Miami Health System for his abstract on “Liver regeneration following thermal ablation using targeted nanocarrier mediated stem cell therapy”

Resident Research Award

• Erica Emmons, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center for her abstract on “Survival outcomes and toxicities following Y90 radioembolization of colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver: 498 patient analysis from the RESiN Registry”
• Rozan Bokhari, MD, from Lahey Hospital and Medical Center for her work on “Safety and accuracy of a hands-free robotic system for CT-guided needle insertion in percutaneous procedures”
• Christine Boone, MD, PhD, from the University of California San Diego for her abstract on “Enhanced efficacy of combination immunotherapy utilizing locally delivered noninfectious plant virus like nanoparticle and systemic immune checkpoint therapy”
• Adham Mohammed Khalil, MD, from Johns Hopkins University for his abstract on “Bariatric Arterial Embolization Using Drug-Eluting Radiopaque Microspheres in A Swine Model”

Dr. Constantin Cope Medical Student Research Award

• Prateek Gowda from Johns Hopkins University for his abstract on “EmboMetrix: A Novel Multiparametric Benchtop Model for Real-Time and Simultaneous Flow, Pressure, and Imaging Assessment of Transarterial Embolization Procedures”
• Michelle Clark from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for her abstract on “Postembolization Global Transcription Changes in High Grade and Low Grade Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors”
• Annabella Shewarega from Yale School of Medicine for her abstract on “The Effect of Anti-MMP-9 as a Potential Modulator of the Post-Cryoablation Anti-Tumor Immune Response in HCC”
• Swathi Pavuluri from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for her abstract on “Immune modulation by molecularly targeted photothermal ablation in a mouse model of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis”

Monday, June 13, 2022

10:30 a.m.–12 noon

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