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Abstract Recognition

Sharing research in interventional radiology builds connections, collaboration and your community.

Congratulations! The following abstracts were selected by the SIR 2023 scientific chairs and are recognized with the distinction of Abstract of the Year. Please join us on Wednesday, March 8, 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. for the Closing Plenary to honor their accomplishments. 

Abstracts of the Year

The Abstract of the Year designation was created to highlight the best scientific work submitted to the meeting and deemed worthy of particular attention due to its overall quality, timeliness and content.
  • Development and preclinical evaluation of an immunotherapy-eluting hydrogel platform for stimulating tumor immunity 
    • Presenting Author: Rahul Sheth, MD – Associate Professor, MD Anderson
    • Authors/Co-authors: Santosh Mandal, PhD – Researcher, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Kayla Davis – Researcher, Howard University; Bhanu Koppolu, PhD – Researcher, Boston Scientific Inc.; Philip Dorgan – researcher, Boston Scientific Inc.; Carolina Villarreal – Researcher, Boston Scientific Inc.; Malea Williams – Research Investigator, Department of Interventional Radiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Crystal Dupuis – Researcher, MD Anderson Cancer Center; Amanda McWatters – Researcher, MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Updated analysis of DOSISPHERE-01 trial: a long-term analysis of overall survival
    • Presenting Author: Etienne Garin, MD, PhD – Nuclear Medicine Physician, Université De Rennes 1/CRLCC Eugène Marquis
    • Authors/Co-authors: Lambros Tselikas, MD, PhD – Attending, Gustave Roussy; Boris Guiu, MD, PhD – Chair, Radiology, St-Eloi University Hospital – Montpellier School of Medicine; Julia Chalaye, MD, PhD – Henry Mondor Hospital; Boris Campillo-Gimenez, MD – Methodologist, Cancer Institute Eugène Marquis
  • Prostate Artery Embolization - Single Center Experience of 1000 Patients with Short, Mid, and Long Term Follow Up
    • Presenting Author: Andrew Richardson, MD MBA  – Interventional Radiology Resident, Jackson Memorial Hospital
    • Authors/Co-authors: Aneesha Maini – Medical Student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Kenneth Richardson, MS-3 – University of Miami Medical Student, University of Miami; Khushi Shah – Medical Student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Ansh Bhatia – Medical Student, KEM Hospital; Rohit Reddy, BSc – Medical Student, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; Akshat Sanan, MS4 – University of Miami Medical Student, University of Miami; Jessica G. Kumar, MD – Assistant Professor Clinical Interventional Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital; Hamed Jalaeian, MD – Assistant Professor Clinical Interventional Radiology, University of Miami Health System; Shivank Bhatia, MD – Professor of Interventional Radiology, University of Miami

Featured Abstracts

Let's celebrate the SIR 2023 exceptional abstracts that will be presented in selected scientific sessions.
  • Predicting the Safety and Effectiveness of Inferior Vena Cava Filters (PRESERVE): Outcomes at 12 Months
    • Venous Miscellaneous, Wednesday, March 8, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Matt Johnson, MD, FSIR, Professor of Radiology and Surgery, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University
  • Image guided intratumoral cancer vaccine to treat metastatic immunotherapy resistant cancer with and without cryoablation
    • Ablation 1, Sunday, March 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Avik Som, MD, PhD – Integrated IR/DR Radiology Resident, MGH
  • Adjuvant Macrophage Repolarization to M1 Phenotype Augments Post-Ablation Local Tumor Control and Improves Overall Survival in a Murine Model of Bladder Tumors
    • Ablation 1, Sunday, March 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Yasushi Kimura, MD, PhD – Project Assistant Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Thoracic Duct Venous Junction Lymphoplasty: Initial Experience and Outcomes
    • NIR/Office-based/Non-Vascular, Tuesday, March 7, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Alexey Gurevich, MD, MS, Interventional Radiology Resident, Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Bariatric Arterial Embolization is Associated with Significant Muscle-Sparing Weight Loss Detected by Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging Anthropometry 
    • Embolization 2, Tuesday, March 7, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Daniel Giraldo Herrera, MD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • MRI Monitoring Transcatheter Intraarterial Delivery of Clinical Magnetically-Labeled Natural Killer Adoptive Immunotherapy
    • IO-Miscellaneous, Wednesday, March 8, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Zigeng Zhang, MD – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine
  • Genicular Artery Embolization for Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: a Prospective Pilot Trial
    • Pain Management/MSK, Monday, March 6, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Bedros Taslakian, MD, Director of VIR Research Program; Director of Clinical Research Integration, NYU Grossman School of Medicine Program
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Interventional Liver-Directed Therapies for Downstaging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Before Liver Transplant
    • Practice Development, Wednesday, March 8, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Xiao Wu, MD – Resident Physician, University of California, San Francisco
  • Interleaved Angiography for Simultaneous Acquisition of Vessel Morphology and Blood Velocity Quantification
    • Imaging in IR, Sunday, March 6, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
      Presenting Author: Joseph F. Whitehead, M.S. – Graduate Research Assistant, Wisconsin Institutes For Medical Research
  • Percutaneous Cholecystocholangiography for Early Exclusion of Biliary Atresia: A Single Center 5-Year Experience
    • Pediatric Interventions, Tuesday, March 7, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Rachel Todd, MS – Medical Student, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai
  • Selective Lymphatic Embolization for Treatment of Lymphatic Conduction Disorders in Children
    • Pediatric Interventions, Tuesday, March 7, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Abhay S. Srinivasan, MD – Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) Ablation Invokes Stronger Immune Cytokine Profile and Tumor Response than Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation for Matched Ablation Volumes
    • Ablation 1, Sunday, March 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Chiara Pastori, PhD – Associate Director of Research, Galvanize Therapeutics
  • Bismuth Nanoparticle and Dipyridamole-loaded Electrospun Polymeric Scaffold as Radiopaque Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Vascular Graft
    • Dialysis Interventions and Management, Sunday, March 5, 3:00 PM - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Sarah Honegger – Undergraduate, University of Notre Dame
  • Transarterial Chemoperfusion Treatment of Unresectable Pleural Mesothelioma – a Phase 2 Prospective Study
    • Transarterial embolization/infusion IO, Monday, March 6, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Bela Kis, MD, PhD, Associate Member in the Diagnostic Imaging & Interventional Radiology Program, Moffitt Cancer Center
  • Safety and Effectiveness of the ClotTriever System for Treating Deep Vein Thrombosis: Six-Month Outcomes of the Fully Enrolled CLOUT Registry
    • Deep Venous and Venous Access, Sunday, March 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Abdullah Shaikh, MD – Interventional Radiologist, Allegheny Health Network
  • Pivotal study of magnetic resonance imaging-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation (TULSA) of the prostate: 4-year follow up
    • Ablation 1, Sunday, March 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Steven Raman, MD, FSAR, FSIR, Professor of Radiology, Urology and Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine At UCLA
  • Viable Disc Allograft Supplementation in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain (VAST Trial): Interim 36-month Results of an Open-label Extension Study
    • Pain Management/MSK, March 5, 3 - 4:30 p.m.
    • Presenting Author: Islam Fayed, DO – Clinical Fellow, Clinical Radiology of Oklahoma