Two Interventional Oncology Fellows Receive SIR Foundation Awards
Interventional Oncology research fellows Ahsun Riaz, MD and Saad M. Ibrahim were awarded SIR Foundation Awards at the March 2009 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Conference in San Diego, CA.
Dr. Riaz was recognized for his research: “Chemoembolization vs. Radioembolization: Comparison of Toxicity, Imaging Response and Long-term Outcomes in 100 TACE vs. 104 Y90 Patients” comparing two embolization methods among patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Ibrahim awarded research: “Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer to the Liver With Y90 Microspheres” focused on the use of a single technique, radioembolization, for metastatic disease.
Lost…and Saved – Dr. Salem featured in Chicago Magazine
At first, Doug Waldron thought he had a cold. It lingered for a few months and settled into a constant cough, causing some pain on one side, in his upper ribs. “When I was younger, I had had pleurisy, and this was what it felt like,” says Doug, now 72, a retiree who lives in Round Lake Beach, 50 miles north of Chicago. “Like a cold that had gotten worse and settled in my upper side.”
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Fellow takes top awards, 2008 World Congress of Interventional Oncology
We are pleased to announce that Saad Ibrahim, the outgoing Interventional Oncology research fellow, was awarded both 1st AND 2nd place prizes for abstract/poster presentations at last week’s 2008 World Congress of Interventional Oncology meeting in Los Angeles.
While it would be a great achievement to win one award, given the significant national and international representation with >500 posters presented, it is extraordinary (and unprecedented) that Saad earned two!
Please join us in congratulating Saad for his remarkable performance, hard work, and dedication. The posters and titles are listed below. The first place award on cholangiocarcinoma has been accepted for publication in CANCER.
- Treatment of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Using Y90 Radioactive Microspheres: A Single Institutional Experience. S. M. Ibrahim, M. F. Mulcahy, R. J. Lewandowski, K. T. Sato, A. Benson III, R. Salem.
AWARDED FIRST PLACE
- The Significance of Alpha-Fetoprotein Reduction After Y90 Radioembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Subgroup Comparison Of Producers Versus Nonproducers. R. K. Ryu, S. Ibrahim, R. J. Lewandowski, R. A. Omary, K. T. Sato, R. Salem.
AWARDED SECOND PLACE
Dr. Salem featured in CNN’s ‘07 health breakthroughs for women
CNN’s Top 2007 health breakthroughs for women, features Affaan Bangash, DO and Riad Salem, MD for research study which offers a future option for breast cancer patients. Continue reading …
Multishot diffusion-weighted PROPELLER MRI
The multishot DW-PROPELLER sequence is a promising technique for DWI of abdominal organs. Future clinical studies will evaluate the use of DW-PROPELLER technique for abdominal oncologic imaging applications. Continue reading
