Confirmed Speakers – 1st Joint ASR & SAFIRE Congress

Dr Yasuaki Arai

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Dr Yasuaki Arai Executive advisor to the President, National Cancer Center Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Interventional Radiology Center, National Cancer Center Hospital Yasuaki Arai, M.D. received his medical degree at Jikei University School of Medicine and doctor of medical science at Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine training at Tokyo Medical Center, and served as Staff and then Chief at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Aichi Cancer Center. After 7 years as Department Chief, he moved to National Cancer Center as Chief at the Department of Diagnostic Radiology. He also served as Director of the Hospital in 2012-2016, and as the President of Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology (JSIR) in 2014-2017. Engaging in interventional radiology, Dr. Arai has introduced some new devices and technique for better treatment, such as implantable port system, Angio-CT system and tip-deflecting microcatheter. Also, he organized the Japan Interventional Radiology in Oncology Study Group (JIVROSG) which conducts several clinical studies in the field of interventional oncology to pursue evidences. In addition, Dr. Arai is an Associate Editor of several international leading journals, including Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology. He serves as a consultant for Japanese government agencies. He has given lectures related interventional radiology and clinical trials worldwide and built bridges at home and overseas. He has also received many awards in international IR congresses.

Prof Christopher Baily

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Christopher Bailey is an Assistant Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology in the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. He completed his medical training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine followed by internship and integrated diagnostic and interventional radiology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His current interests include general body interventional radiology with a special focus in vascular malformations. His current research interests include vascular malformations and vascular syndromes, IR outcomes research, and novel device development.

Dr Fakhir Elmasri

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Vice President - Radiology and Imaging Specialists President & Founder - Lakeland Vascular Institute President of the Medical Staff - Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center Medical Director- Department of Interventional & Diagnostic Radiology at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center

Dr Kelvin Hong

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Prof Kelvin Hong is an Interventional Radiologist with special interest in non surgical cancer treatments, especially liver directed treatments. Prof Hong is currently the head and division chief of Vascular & Interventional Radiology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University, Baltimore MD USA, and director of the Interventional Radiology services throughout the Johns Hopkins Health system of 7 hospitals/ sites. He is heavily involved with IR training in the USA- as former program director of the Hopkins IR Fellowship and Residency, and has several national and international leadership roles in the certification, examination and training of Interventional Radiologists. Prof Hong originally earned his medical degree from South Africa’s University of Witwatersrand Medical School, Diagnostic Radiology training from Wits and obtained his FC Rad (SA) and as a consultant on the Wits circuit. He then completed additional Radiology training in Interventional Radiology fellowship training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and has remained on faculty since 2004 and became chief of service in 2015. Dr. Hong has a large clinical practice of Interventional Oncology patients, who performs minimally invasive procedures that include thermal ablation (RFA, microwave), chemoembolization and Y90 radioembolization and other liver focused procedures including trans hepatic endoscopic diagnosis and treatment. His research interest is also focused the outcomes of minimally invasive cancer treatments and new novel techniques, including the impact of local and systemic treatment combinations. He has authored over 160 peer reviewed manuscripts, abstracts and book chapters. Prof Hong served as main editor for the books Percutaneous Tumor Ablation and the Hopkins Interventional Radiology Handbook. He sits on the executive board of Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), and has the society portfolio of Post Graduate Education. He also serves on the Foundation board of the American Society of Digestive Disease Interventions as secretory, and also the SIR Foundation.

Dr Matthew Johnson

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Dr Matthew Johnson Dr. Johnson received his MD at University of Michigan in 1986, after which he did his residency in diagnostic radiology at Loyola University in Chicago. He then went on to complete his fellowship in interventional radiology at Johns Hopkins. Currently, Dr. Johnson serves as director of clinical research and director of interventional oncology in the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Since joining IU School of Medicine in 1994, Dr. Johnson has served as chief of vascular and interventional radiology and chairman of one of five Indiana University Institutional Review boards. He is a fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and a member of SIR’s executive council.

Dr Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal

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Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal, MD, PhD is Professor of Radiology and Internal medicine, Chief of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and Director Interventional Radiology ate LBJ Hospital in Houston. Dr. Kamel is American board certified in Radiology. He received fellowship training in Vascular and Interventional Radiology as well as Neuroradiology at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Kamel holds Masters of Science and PhD degrees in Radiology. He was awarded the “Top ten faculty award for excellence in resident education”, the “Certificate of Merit Award” from the Radiological Society of North America, the “Certificate of Merit Award” from the American Roentgen Ray Society, the “Certificate of Outstanding performance in Veterans Affairs Radiology Service” and the “Louisville Slugger Award for best Board reviewer”. His areas of clinical interest are Dialysis interventions, Interventional Oncology, Arterial interventions, Spine interventions and DVT management.

Dr Darren Klass

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Dr. Klass is an interventional radiologist at Vancouver General and UBC Hospitals in Vancouver, Canada and is the IR head of the complex thoracic aortic stent graft program at Vancouver General Hospital. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa and then trained initially as a surgeon and then as a radiologist at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in Norwich, England, before completing a fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr Klass completed Doctorate titled Bimodal Electric Tissue Ablation. He performed the first transradial radioembolization and chemoembolization of the liver in Canada and is developed the radial program at Vancouver General where approximately 90% of arterial cases are performed radially. He performed his first distal radial procedure in 2017 and has now performed over 450 cases, concentrating on refinement of ultrasound guided access and a rapid hemostasis protocol for distal access. Distal radial is now his default access. He is the head of MRI for Vancouver Acute and has specialist training in low dose MR angiography. He developed an MRI program focusing on low dose steady state MRA as well as time resolved MR angiography for flow quantification. His current research interests include radial artery patency and mechanisms to decrease the incidence and improve patient discharge times. He developed a rapid hemostasis protocol for radial intervention which has decreased their nursing intensity five-fold compared to femoral access. Other research includes intraprocedural perfusion of liver tumors pre and post intervention and perfusion assessment of tumor response to ablation. He is part of a multispecialty aortic treatment team, treating aortic pathology with a focus on aortic dissection and stenting subacute, high risk patients. Research in this field includes outcomes, reintervention rates and aortic remodeling.

Prof Bill S. Majdalany

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Bill S. Majdalany, MD Associate Professor of Radiology Program Director, Integrated IR Residency Program Director, Vascular Interventional Radiology Fellowship Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Emory University Hospital 1364 Clifton Road NE, Suite AG05 Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 712-7115 (office) (404) 686-2226 (fax) bmajdal@emory.edu

Prof Janice Newsome

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Division Director Interventional Radiology & Image Guided Medicine Department of Radiology and Imaging Science Emory Health USA

Dr Hammed Ninalowo

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Dr Hammed Ninalowo is a US trained Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with subspecialty training in interventional oncology, who completed his training at the prestigious hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the first US trained physician to offer the full spectrum of vascular and interventional radiology services in Nigeria. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Illinois and graduated at the top of his class with honours (Alpha Omega Alpha). He has a special interest in minimally invasive oncology treatments and fibroid disease and has a passion for improving access to minimally invasive therapies in the West African Population.

Dr Stefan Przybojewski

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Dr Stefan J. Przybojewski MBChB(UCT), MMed Rad D(US), FCR Diag(SA), Dip Pec(SA) Interventional Radiologist PRIMARY QUALIFICATIONS • MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery), University of Cape Town, South Africa, December 1998. SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS • Dip Pec (Diploma in Primary Emergency Care), Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, October 2001. • MMed Rad D (Master of Medicine in Radiological Diagnosis), University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, December 2005. • FCR Diag (Fellow of The College of Diagnostic Radiologists), Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, May 2006. ADDITIONAL TRAINING • Interventional Radiology Fellowship, Foothill’s Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (July 2009 to June 2010). TRAINING & WORK EXPERIENCE • Internship, Tygerberg Academic Hospital/University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa (01 January 1999 to 31 December 1999) • Medical Officer performing Community Service, Western Cape District Health Services Day Hospitals and GF Jooste Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (01 March 2000 to 28 February 2001) • Medical Officer, Emergency Unit, GF Jooste Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (01 March 2001 to 30 June 2001) • Senior House Officer, Medical Emergency Unit, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (01 July 2001 to 31 December 2001) • Medical Officer, Private Hospital Emergency Unit Locums (2002) • Radiology Registrar, Radiology Department, Tygerberg Academic Hospital/University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa (01 January 2002 to 31 December 2005) • Radiology Locums, Private Radiology Practices Cape Town, South Africa (2006) • Consultant, Radiology Department, Tygerberg Academic Hospital/University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa (01 January 2006 to 15 February 2007) • Staff Radiologist, East Kootenay Regional Hospital (EKRH), Interior Health Authority, Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada (5 March 2007 to 31 May 2009) • Body Interventional Radiology Fellowship, Foothill’s Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (01 July 2009 to 30 June 2010) • Locum Radiologist (01 July 2010 to 31 August 2010), EFW Radiology, Calgary • Staff Radiologist (01 October 2010 to 21 August 2014), EFW Radiology, Calgary • Assistant Radiologist, Morton & Partner's Radiology, Cape Town, South Africa (01 October 2015 to 27 November 2016) • Staff Radiologist, EFW Radiology, Calgary, Canada (01 February 2016 to present day)

Dr Wael Saad

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Senior (Prof) Staff Clinician and VIR Education & Training Programs Director at National Institute of Health (NIH) Clinical Center Dr. Saad, MD is a practicing Diagnostic Radiologist in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Saad graduated from Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine in 1994 and has been in practice for 25 years. Dr. Saad also specializes in Vascular & Interventional Radiology.

Assoc Prof Gloria Salazar

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Gloria Salazar, M.D., FSIR is certified by the American Board of Radiology, with added qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. She is a Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology and Chief of Vascular Interventional Radiology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A specialist in women’s and venous interventional procedures, her clinical interests include uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), varicose veins, pelvic venous disorders, venous access, and IVC filter placement and retrieval. She is currently the Chair of SIR’s Women’s Health Service Line.

Dr Marco van Strijen

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Dr. Marco Van Strijen Boardmember Medical Specialists St. Antonius Ziekenhuis Nieuwegein, Netherlands Dr. Marco Van Strijen started large multicenter trial on diagnosing pulmonary embolism from 1996-1998. He was a Resident radiology at the Leyenburg Hospital The Hague from 1998-2003. He became a staff member in the department of Radiology from 2003 to 2004 at the Leiden University Medical Center. He was a fellow of Interventional Radiology at St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein from 2004-2006. Since 2006 he has been practicing privately in General Radiology and IR with special focus on Interventional oncology (cryotherapy).

Dr Steven Yevich

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Dr. Steven Yevich, M.D., M.P.H. is an American Interventional Radiologist with fellowship training at both Johns Hopkins University and Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus Grand Paris. He has practiced at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) in Houston, Texas for the past 5 years, where his current clinical focus is aimed to expand the treatment potential for musculoskeletal and lung metastases as well as pediatric oncology treatments, venolymphatic treatments, and imaging optimization. Beyond clinical duties, he applies his public health training from Harvard School of Public health in the roll of Patient Safety and Quality officer for the MDACC Department of Interventional Radiology, a diverse and proactive group of approximately 130 health care providers.

Dr Rodrick C. Zvavanjanja

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Dr Rodrick C Zvavanjanja, MBChB(Hons), Msc, FRCR(UK), DABR(DR/VIR) is Associate Professor of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology and Vice-Chair of Diversity, equity and inclusion in the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at McGovern Medical School. He is a key founding member of the University of Texas Health/Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston Vascular Anomalies Multi-Disciplinary Clinic. Board certified by the American Board of Radiologists and a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists United Kingdom, Dr Zvavanjanja completed his Diagnostic residency and Interventional Radiology fellowship at Royal Liverpool University Hospital, United Kingdom in 2010. He completed a clinical Interventional Radiology fellowship at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas before joining University of Texas McGovern Medical School as faculty in 2012. Dr Zvavanjanja’s areas of clinical expertise are in: • Interventional Oncology - Minimally invasive image guided and trans-arterial cancer therapies. • Endovascular treatment of Vascular Malformations, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), mesenteric vascular disease, solid organ/visceral aneurysms, complex deep limb and pelvic venous disease, Benign Prostate Enlargement (BPE), Uterine Fibroids, Trauma, dialysis access and Portal Hypertensive disease (TIPS, DIPS, BRTO/PARTO/CATO). • Complex Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter removal • Lymphatic Interventions He has published multiple peer reviewed articles and book chapter. He has presented multiple abstracts and talks at international and local scientific/academic meetings. He is a recipient of multiple teaching awards including Dean’s Teaching excellence awards and Residents/Fellows teacher of the year award.