Interventional Radiology Interest Group (IR IG)
Mission Statement:
Throughout the next year, the IR IG will continue the ongoing, monthly interventional & diagnostic radiology lunch talks. We will help organize and facilitate a radiology symposium (with guest lecturers) for the Fall of 2025. We plan to work in coordination with the Simulation Center and Student Led Ultrasound and Procedural Simulation Club to organize events for students of the UACOMP to help broaden their understanding of and interest in the field of radiology. We hope to coordinate with other IG's to demonstrate the inter-specialty integration of radiology and interventional radiology. We will continue creating cases for “Radiology Case of the Month” to enhance radiology education at our school. Lastly, we will coordinate with UACOMP's various CHIP programs to provide community engagement, for example through Saturday Scrubs, to help inspire the next generation of physicians to pursue the field of IR, or radiology as a whole.
Purpose:
Familiarize students with IR as a field, do case of the month, reading images like a radiologist, provide networking, present research opportunities, Rads symposiums, POCUS simulation (live image reading), IR simulations
The IR IG is open to all students interested in the field of radiology and does not exclude or deny participation of any individual based on race, color, ethnicity, age, sex, disability, or religion.
Class of 2028 Student Leadership:
Annie Jia
Arad Arasteh
David Rincon Chacin
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Eric vanSonnenberg, MD
evanson@email.arizona.edu
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Associated Websites:
The American Board of Radiology http://www.theabr.org/
Society of Interventional Radiology https://www.sirweb.org/
Becoming an Interventional Radiologist https://www.sirweb.org/learning-center/ir-residency/
The Interventional Initiative http://www.theii.org
Radiology Resources: https://radiopaedia.org/?lang=us