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Research Showcases Advances in Minimally Invasive Medicine for Cancer, Vertebroplasty, Women’s Health, Cardiovascular Disease and More at SIR 2010 , March 13 – 18 at Tampa Convention Center.

Interventional radiologists , minimally invasive specialists, will share scientific advances and new discoveries in treating a host of diseases at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting March 13 – 18 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Fla. SIR 2010 meeting theme is “IR Innovation”, one that celebrates the remarkable inventiveness of interventional radiologists .

More than 5,000 physicians, scientists and allied health professionals are expected to attend this premier IR event. Hot topic main sessions include a look at practicing interventional radiology in extreme situations; IR frontiers; vertebral augmentation; and future interventional oncology advances. A new categorical course will examine the most controversial interventional radiology–related studies of the past year—including critical review of the latest advances along with pro and con arguments. Topics that will be explored include vertebroplasty, stroke and yttrium-90 cancer treatments.

Central to the meeting’s theme will be the presentation of painstakingly researched data on how prolific IRs have been as inventors and the impact their innovations have had in advancing patient care and building the specialty. This research, conducted during an exhaustive search of patent filings and applications at the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, will be honored with a special “Hall of Innovation.”

Some of the exciting topics that will be featured at this year’s press conferences include minimally invasive advances coming for liver, breast, soft tissue, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancers; spine fracture treatment (vertebroplasty) for osteoporotic and non-osteoporotic patients; women’s health; getting to the heart of stroke with carotid stenting; another surprising look at Framingham risk scores; and stem cell therapy and stenting advances for peripheral arterial disease.

Plenary sessions include:
      
On March 14, Matthew S. Johnson, M.D., FSIR, professor of radiology and surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, leads the discussion on “Frontiers of IR,” highlighting current cutting-edge news from animal research to clinical studies to innovative practice initiatives (including molecular medicine, nanotechnology , stenting jugular veins for multiple sclerosis).

On March 15, Michael C. Soulen, M.D., FSIR, professor of radiology and surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, addresses “IR Generations” as the 2010 Dr. Charles T. Dotter lecturer.
      
On March 16, Julio Palmaz, M.D., FSIR, Ashbel Smith Tenured Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio who holds 40 issued patents and conceived and developed the first clinically successful balloon expandable vascular stent (called one of the “ten patents that changed the world”), will receive the SIR Foundation’s 2010 Leaders in Innovation Award. And David C. Levin, M.D, FSIR, professor and chair emeritus of the department of radiology at Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pa., will be honored.

Source: SIR

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