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Clinical Radiology
Volume 12 No 4 I September 2016 49
Education and Training
Two levels of IRSA sponsored workshops
have been conducted this year so far, to
high acclaim by all who attended.
The first, COOK Vista Workshops for IR
Fellows was held at the Alfred Hospital,
Melbourne, in February 2016, convened
by Dr Gerard Goh. The three-course
series included essentials of peripheral
vascular disease, embolization and IVC
filters.
The annual registrars workshop at
Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, was held
in May 2016, convened by Dr Glen
Schlaphoff. This workshop involved
lectures, hands-on simulator sessions,
and interactions with a variety of medical
devices.
Both workshops received
overwhelmingly positive feedback, were
highly oversubscribed and a testament
to the passion and excellence that
experienced IRs bring to the education
of aspiring young IRs. Both teams are to
be congratulated.
IRSA and The Australasian College
Of Phlebology
At the recent ASM of the Australasian
College of Phlebology (ACP), IRSA
members, Drs John Vrazas and Sanjay
Nadkarni, were invited guest speakers.
The IRSA President, Dr John Vrazas was
awarded an Honorary Fellow of The
Australasian College of Phlebology by
the ACP Board, opening a new era of
co-operation and collaboration with
this growing group of proceduralists in
venous diseases.
IRSA AND APSCVIR
IRSA is pleased that at the recent
APCCVIR, the newly formed Asian
Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and
Interventional Radiology was formally
ratified as a legal entity, APSCVIR. IRSA
is the member organisation for Australia
and New Zealand. Drs John Vrazas and
Stephen Merrilees will be representing
Australasia on the APSCVIR Executive
Council.
We are also proud to announce Dr
Andrew Holden’s nomination as the
incoming President of APSCVIR,
and wish Andrew the best of luck in
the upcoming elections. IRSA and
APSCVIR will be holding the inaugural
APSCVIR AGM and Scientific Congress
in Auckland, New Zealand 8-11March
2018. The theme for the meeting is
“Advances, Problems, Solutions” and
the scientific program will provide
an excellent update on the latest
developments in interventional
radiology. This congress will replace
the annual IRSA winter meeting in
2018, which will return in 2020. All IRSA
members are invited to attend what
promises to be a landmark conference
in the Southern Hemisphere. Please visit
for more details.
IRSA 2017 ASM/AGM/ Stroke
Course and EBIR
The 2017 IRSA Annual Scientific
Meeting will be held in Port Douglas,
Queensland, 11-13 July 2017. The
meeting will be preceded by the EBIR
examination to be held on 10-11 July
2017. IRSA is proud to announce an
inaugural stroke course planned for
14-15 July 2017, convened by Drs
John Vrazas and Marcus Mykytowycz
and to be hosted by Dr David Sacks
and Dr Jeff Carpenter of the Society
of Interventional Radiology (USA). A
comprehensive course is planned,
encompassing the essential clinical,
diagnostic, imaging and interventional
aspects of stroke therapy in the era of
mechanical clot retrieval. David and
Jeff are renowned experts in the field
of INR stroke management and this
course promises to provide preeminent
education for diagnostic and
interventional radiologists of all levels.
Further details will be available on the
IRSA website.
General Business
Dr Goh was appointed Secretary of IRSA
by the Executive, filling a casual vacancy
for the position left following the
resignation of Dr Merrilees last year.
IRSA would also like to congratulate Dr
Richard Waugh OAM, on his Australia
Day honour, awarded for his service to
radiology as an interventional radiologist
and educator.
Dr John Vrazas
IRSA President