General News

Society of Interventional Radiology Hails Affirmation of Specialty's Role in Patient Care: Interventional Radiology Now a Primary Specialty in Medicine; ABMS Recognizes Unique IR Skill Set With the New Dual Certificate in Interventional Radiology and Diagnostic Radiology; Read Message From SIR President Marshall E. Hicks, M.D., FSIR (Sept. 12, 2012) SIR Foundation Offers Free On-demand Research Web Presentation for SIR Members; More Information Available About "Research Education: Literature Review, Evidence-based Interventional Radiology (EBIR) and Comparative Effectiveness" SIR Submits Comment Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Interim 2013 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payments System (HOPPS) Rule (Sept. 6, 2012) Society Provides Comment Letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Proposed Rule to Update Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Payment Policies and Payment Rates (Sept. 6, 2012) Do You Need to LEARN? SIR's PAD/AAA Course To Be Held Sept. 27-30 in Chicago; See Program and Faculty List Get Schooled! Online Registration Now Open for New Webinars: "Current Status of Locoregional Liver Therapy: An Evidence-based Review" (Oct. 3), "Renal Artery Stenosis: What's New?" (Nov. 14), "Complex Issues in the Management of Venous Insufficiency Patients" (Dec. 18); Find More Info on SIR's Website or SIR's Learning Center Online Applications Being Accepted for SIR's International Scholarship Program; Learn More About Scholarship Guidelines and Society's International Program Interventional Radiologists: Walking Shouldn't Be a Pain Society of Interventional Radiology's Legs For Life® Screenings Available During September's National Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Awareness Month (Aug. 29, 2012) Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation: Medical Students Will Make a Difference Funding Provides Opportunity to Engage in IR Research in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Medical Fellows Research Program (Aug. 28, 2012) Report Your Research! Submit Abstracts by Oct. 9 for SIR's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting April 13-18 in New Orleans; Online Submission Now Open FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Provides "Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff; Refuse to Accept Policy for 510(k)" (Aug. 23, 2012) Post a Job, Find a Job With SIR's Career HQ, Interventional Radiology's Specialized Job Board "Updates in Interventional Radiology" Accents Emerging Trends, Practice Growth: Society of Interventional Radiology Press Publishes New Digest of Current Literature of the Specialty, Spotlights Advances, Advice Free Access Now Available to SIR Annual Scientific Meeting Plenary Session Webcasts; Register for Free, Start Viewing SIR Members: 2012 Coding Update Now Available for Free Download; Nonmembers May Purchase for $249

Member News

SIR 2012-13 Call for Nominations for Elected Positions Posted; Nominations Due Oct. 5 (July 17, 2012) CMS Releases Draft 2013 Federal Rules for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) (July 16, 2012) Thanks to SIR Members Who Joined or Renewed With the American Medical Association, SIR Reached Targeted Membership, Read More in IR News (July 10, 2012) September/October IR News Available For Members Only: Sept. 6 E-News Now Posted; Read About ICD-10 Implementation See What's Happening: Check Out the SIR Calendar Interested in Providing a Visiting Fellowship/Observership for International IRs? Learn More Drug Shortage Update - From the Interventional Oncology Service Line (Nov. 18, 2011) SIR Members Strongly Encouraged to Contact BMS About Platinol Discontinuation (Dec. 21, 2010)
Read SIR's Follow-up Letter to BMS Regarding Platinol Discontinuation (Dec. 21, 2010)
SIR Expresses Concern to Bristol-Myers Squibb on Decision to No Longer Provide Platinol (Cisplatin) Powder for Patients Undergoing Transhepatic Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE), Notes Negative Impact on Patient Care, Asks BMS to Reconsider Discontinuation or to Delay Dec. 31 Deadline (Dec. 10, 2010) Discover Clinical Observerships and Procedural Visiting Fellowships in Interventional Radiology