Faculty

Brian Schiro

MD
Interventional Radiologist
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Brian Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with Baptist Heart and Vascular Care at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami, FL. Dr. Schiro completed his fellowship training with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in 2010 following his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. Schiro now serves as the Program Director for the Independent Interventional Radiology Residency with Miami Vascular and is also the medical director for the medical sonography program at Nova Southeastern University. He is the medical director of the System-Wide Quality Assurance Committee for the Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Baptist Hospital Health South Florida. He also serves on the IAC Vascular Testing Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He has authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and his research interests include noninvasive imaging and diagnosis as well as aortic and peripheral vascular interventions.

2026 Sessions

Top Shelf Vertebral Augmentation & Cementoplasty: How to Do it Right

Speaker

Sunday, November 15 2:35–2:45 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

Brian Schiro

MD
Interventional Radiologist
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Brian Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with Baptist Heart and Vascular Care at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami, FL. Dr. Schiro completed his fellowship training with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in 2010 following his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. Schiro now serves as the Program Director for the Independent Interventional Radiology Residency with Miami Vascular and is also the medical director for the medical sonography program at Nova Southeastern University. He is the medical director of the System-Wide Quality Assurance Committee for the Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Baptist Hospital Health South Florida. He also serves on the IAC Vascular Testing Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He has authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and his research interests include noninvasive imaging and diagnosis as well as aortic and peripheral vascular interventions.

MSK Case Review

Case Discussant

Case Presenter

Sunday, November 15 3:05–3:30 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

Varshana Gurusamy

MD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.

Faculty

Jason Levy

MD, FSIR
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Northside Hospital Atlanta

Dr. Jason Levy, MD, is a board-certified Interventional Radiologist at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. He received his medical degree from NYU School of Medicine and completed both his diagnostic radiology residency and interventional radiology fellowship at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology.
Dr. Levy’s clinical and research expertise centers on Interventional Oncology, with a particular focus on musculoskeletal ablative therapies and liver-directed therapies. He served as the lead author of the OPUS One trial — the largest prospective musculoskeletal ablation study ever conducted. An internationally recognized speaker, he has lectured extensively on interventional oncology worldwide. He is an active member and Fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

Faculty

J. David Prologo

MD, FSIR, ABOM-D
Associate Professor
Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Prologo is an interventional radiologist whose research has focused on the application of image guided techniques to the delivery of stem cell therapies, the treatment of cancer pain, and for obesity management. He is a nationally recognized expert in ablative therapies and has pioneered several new procedures in the subspecialty including the cryoablation of nerves.

Faculty

Alan Alper Sag

MD, FSIR
Associate Professor of Interventional Radiology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Alan Sag, MD, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist at the University of Miami with special expertise in embolization and ablation, as well as musculoskeletal, pain, and thyroid interventions

Faculty

Brian Schiro

MD
Interventional Radiologist
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Brian Schiro, MD, RPVI, FSIR is a Vascular and Interventional Radiologist with Baptist Heart and Vascular Care at the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami, FL. Dr. Schiro completed his fellowship training with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute in 2010 following his diagnostic radiology residency training at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in 2004. Dr. Schiro now serves as the Program Director for the Independent Interventional Radiology Residency with Miami Vascular and is also the medical director for the medical sonography program at Nova Southeastern University. He is the medical director of the System-Wide Quality Assurance Committee for the Noninvasive Vascular Lab at Baptist Hospital Health South Florida. He also serves on the IAC Vascular Testing Board of Directors as a representative of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He has authored numerous articles in peer reviewed journals and his research interests include noninvasive imaging and diagnosis as well as aortic and peripheral vascular interventions.

Faculty

Sean Tutton

MD FSIR, FCIRSE
Professor of Radiology and Orthopedics
UCSD Health

Dr. Sean M Tutton is a Professor of Radiology and Orthopedics at UCSD Health.
Dr. Tutton received his degree from Rutgers University, New Jersey School Medical School in 1991 and completed his internship, residency and fellowship at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago IL. He joined UCSD in 2021. He also received additional board certification in Hospice and Palliative Care in 2012.
His clinical focus has been caring for cancer and non-cancer patients with pain and advancing the art of interventional radiology through clinical research. His principal areas of interest include treatment of musculoskeletal tumors with embolization, ablation, and stabilization of pathologic fractures.
He helped develop a minimally invasive treatment of patients suffering from painful cancer related pelvic fractures utilizing a combination of ablation, screw, and cement fixation which interventionalists are now utilizing at multiple centers around the world.

Course Director

Gina Landinez

MD
Assistant Professor
Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami Cancer Institute

Dr Landinez is an Interventional Radiologist with a keen interest in palliative and musculoeskeletal interventions.

Session 8: Managing the Oncology Patient - Beyond the Procedure

  • Moderator
    • Merve Ozen, MD
    • Brian Schiro, MD

Most Influential Publications in the Last Year that May Change Your Practice

Sunday, November 15 4:40–4:50 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III

Intractable Ascites & Pleural Effusions: Tunneled Catheters, Denver Shunt, and Alfapump

Speaker

Sunday, November 15 4:50–4:55 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

Adam Geronemus

MD, FSIR
Interventional Radiologist
Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute

Dr. Geronemus received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University and his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida. He completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, as well as a fellowship in interventional radiology at Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.

Dr. Geronemus is Board-Certified in Diagnostic Radiology with a Certificate of Added Qualification in vascular and interventional radiology.

Cancer Pain Pathways in 2026: Blocks, Neurolysis & Pumps

Speaker

Sunday, November 15 4:55–5:00 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

J. David Prologo

MD, FSIR, ABOM-D
Associate Professor
Emory University School of Medicine

Dr. Prologo is an interventional radiologist whose research has focused on the application of image guided techniques to the delivery of stem cell therapies, the treatment of cancer pain, and for obesity management. He is a nationally recognized expert in ablative therapies and has pioneered several new procedures in the subspecialty including the cryoablation of nerves.

Lymphatic Interventions: The Overlooked Oncology Lifeline

Sunday, November 15 5:00–5:05 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III

The Cancer Patient in Crisis: DVT, PE & Hypercoagulability

Speaker

Sunday, November 15 5:05–5:10 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

Varshana Gurusamy

MD
Assistant Professor
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Varshana Gurusamy is an Assistant Professor of Interventional Radiology Residency Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She focuses on treatment of venous disease, musculoskeletal and pancreatic ablation.

Building a Profitable IO Practice: How I Did It

Speaker

Sunday, November 15 5:10–5:15 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

Edgar St. Amour

MD
Interventional Radiologist
CARTI Cancer Center

Edgar St. Amour is an interventional radiologist with Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (CARTI), a multidisciplinary outpatient oncology practice. He provides interventional oncology services in the OBL and ASC setting.

Establishing IO in the the OBL Setting: Lessons Learned

Speaker

Sunday, November 15 5:15–5:20 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
Faculty

Edgar St. Amour

MD
Interventional Radiologist
CARTI Cancer Center

Edgar St. Amour is an interventional radiologist with Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (CARTI), a multidisciplinary outpatient oncology practice. He provides interventional oncology services in the OBL and ASC setting.

CIO Oral Abstract

Sunday, November 15 5:20–5:25 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III

Discussion and Audience Q&A

Sunday, November 15 5:25–5:30 PM
Room Atlantic I/II/III
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