UW Radiology team members receive awards at SIR conference

A group of UW Radiology affiliates recently returned from an eventful Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Scientific Meeting in Nashville. The “vibrant, inclusive community” celebrated SIR’s 50th anniversary and several UW Radiology affiliates received high honors at the meeting.

Dr. Hugh McGregor was a co-author on a manuscript entitled “Measurement of the Tumor-to-Normal Ratio for Radioembolization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Prospective Study Comparing 2-Dimensional Perfusion Angiography, Technetium-99m Macroaggregated Albumin, and Yttrium-90 SPECT/CT,” which was awarded the 2024 JVIR Editor’s Award for Outstanding Clinical Study.

Dr. Avik Som and medical student Rohan Gupta received the SIR 2025 Best Educational Exhibit Award for their work entitled “Image-Guided Intratumoral Immunotherapy: An Educational Review.”

Dr. Harika Barri and Dr. McGregor’s work entitled “Percutaneous cholecystocutaneous stent-graft placement for large-bore cholecystolithotomy: initial experience in 13 patients” was recognized as a Featured Abstract.