Governance and leadership
SIR and SIR Foundation nominations
2024 SIR Board of Directors, SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council slate of candidates, and SIR Foundation Board of Directors appointments
The 2024 slate of candidates has been selected by the SIR Nominating Committee to fill the open positions on the SIR Board of Directors.
As required by the SIR bylaws, voting members have 60 days to review the slate of candidates for elected positions and decide whether to reserve approval of the candidates and to petition for the nomination and placement of alternative candidates on a mail ballot. Any member nominated by a petition signed by 3% or more of voting members shall be placed on the ballot, provided that, in the judgment of the Nominating Committee, such candidate is qualified to perform the responsibilities of the position to which they have been nominated.
Nominees proposed by the Nominating Committee were deemed elected to their position on February 5, 2024, after no petition properly nominating an alternative candidate was received from the members with voting rights. Terms began at the close of the March 2024 Annual Members’ Business Meeting.
SIR Board of Directors
- Saher S. Sabri, MD, FSIR, secretary
- Kelvin Hong, MD, FSIR, director, at-large
- Nishita Kothary, MD, FSIR, director, at-large
SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council Divisions
- Sun-Ho Ahn, MD, FSIR, councilor, Education Division
- Paula Novelli, MD, FSIR, 2024–2030 Annual Meeting Program Committee
Clinical Specialty Councils
- Joseph J. Gemmete, MD, FSIR, vice chair, Neurointerventional Radiology Council
- Gulraiz Chaudry, MD, FSIR, vice chair, Pediatric IR
- Andrew Gunn, MD, vice chair, Renal and GU Council
To accomplish a smooth transition in the management of the society from year to year, per the SIR bylaws, the SIR secretary automatically becomes SIR president-elect and the SIR president-elect becomes SIR president.
Following the 2024 Annual Members’ Business Meeting, Robert J. Lewandowski, MD, FSIR, became SIR president and Robert A. Lookstein, MD, FSIR, became SIR president-elect.
SIR Foundation Board of Directors appointments
In addition to the SIR Board of Directors and the SIR and SIR Foundation Steering Council slate of elected positions, during the November SIR and SIR Foundation Nominating Committees meetings, the SIR Foundation Board of Directors appointed:
- Clifford R. Weiss, MD, FSIR, vice chair
- Shellie C. Josephs, MD, FSIR, secretary
- Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, MD, FSIR, chair, Clinical Trials and Registries Division
- Amy C. Taylor, MD, chair, Development Division
- Dania Daye, MD, PhD, chair, Research Education and Outreach Division