Image-guided Intervention: The Next 50 Years (IGI 50)

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Angioplasty:
The Procedure That Changed Medicine

The SIR-endorsed Image-guided Intervention: The Next 50 Years (IGI 50) meeting was held July 23-24, 2014, in Portland, Oregon. This two-day, cross-disciplinary, international, interactive, high-level conference in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of angioplasty features many SIR members as faculty and discussion on the future of imaged-guided interventions.

SIR Emeritus Fellow, Josef Rosch, M.D., FSIR, award-winning researcher and pioneer in vascular and interventional radiology	IGI50 attendees	SIR members Jeremy Durack, M.D., and Suresh Vedantham, M.D., FSIR

SIR members/Drs. Nestor Kisilevzky (L) and Brian Stainken	SIR members Jeanne LaBerge, M.D., FSIR, (L) and Vicki Marx, M.D., FSIR	IGI50 attendees

IGI50 opening session

SIR Honorary Fellow John Abele (R) spoke at IGI 50

SIR members, John Kaufman, MD, FSIR, and SIR RFS representative, SIR Renal Insufficiency Service Line Claire Kaufman, MD	SIR members, Kieran Murphy, MD, FSIR and Stephen Ferrara, MD, FSIR	SIR members Fred Keller, MD, FSIR, and Anne Roberts, MD, FSIR

SIR member/Dr. Brian Stainken, MD, FSIR (L) is with Ren Jie Yang, MD, of Beijing, China. Dr. Yang visited SIR's office in May.

SIR Associate Executive Director Tricia McClenny with SIR member, Andy Adam, MB, BS, FRCR, FSIR