APSCVIR meet regularly to encourage international exchange of knowledge vital to cardiovascular and interventional radiology among radiologists, interventional radiologists and individuals in related countries of the Asia Pacific region.
IRSA holds Organisational Membership with APSCVIR which provides IRSA with the following benefits:
- Reduced registration fees for the Society Annual Scientific Meeting
- Reduced registration fees for endorsed programmes of organisational member societies.
- Opportunity to participate as faculty in Outreach programmes.
APSCVIR membership Fee
APSCVIR membership fee is paid directly by IRSA for all eligible members.
APSCVIR representation
IRSA has 2 executive committee representatives on APSCVIR
These are nominated by IRSA to represent the best interests of IR in Australia and New Zealand as well as within the Asia Pacific region. The nominees must be members in good standing with APSCVIR.
The IRSA APSCVIR representatives shall consist of:
- President of IRSA^
- Representative from the other country that the president resides in*
^The president may elect to nominate a representative should he/she decide to decline the position on the APSCVIR EC.
*Should there be no availability of a representative from the other country then the IRSA executive may decide to appoint another representative from either Australia or New Zealand.
It is expected that at least 1 of the 2 representatives will attend each APSCVIR executive committee meeting (typically 2 per year).
IRSA agrees to fund economy return flights to each APSCVIR EC meeting for 1 attendee and accommodation to the value of AUD$300 per night for the duration of the meeting. The 2 representatives will determine whom shall attend. Should the representatives receive funding from other sources then funding from IRSA will not be applicable. There will be funding available for a maximum of 2 meetings per year. Should additional meeting(s) be required funding will be at the discretion of the IRSA executive.
Current Representatives to the EC ( 2026 – 2028)
Dr Brendan Buckley has been a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Auckland City Hospital since 2004, and recently appointed as Clinical Director. He qualified from University College Cork, Ireland in 1995, first training in surgery in London, obtaining Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1998. Dr Buckley provides an IR led clinical service for renal tumour ablation, vascular malformation management, uterine artery and prostate artery embolisation. He also oversees the IR fellowship program at Auckland City Hospital.
Dr Phil Chan is an Interventional Radiologist at Northern Health, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and I-Med Radiology Network in Melbourne. He completed two years of Interventional Radiology fellowship training at Monash Health in Melbourne and at UBC in Vancouver after receiving his FRANZCR in 2018, and obtained EBIR certification in 2021. Upon his return from North America, he commenced his consultancy at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre focused on building a service in Interventional Oncology and has recently joined the growing team at Northern Health. He has a special interest in embolotherapy and interventional oncology, especially Y90 radioembolisation and ablation.