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The IRSA Executive are excited to announce that registration is now available for the 2021 ASM.

We are pleased to advise that we are currently accepting nominations for the IRSA Gold Medal Award. The IRSA Gold Medal is the highest accolade to be awarded by the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA). The Executive, at their discretion, may award the Gold Medal to any person who has rendered outstanding service or benefactions to the development, teaching, or practice of interventional radiology in Australasia and/or New Zealand. The award shall be determined by the IRSA Executive.

APSCVIR will be offering Young IR registration sponsorship for up to 100 eligible candidates on “a first come first served basis”. EC members can recommended Young IR members to register and submit their abstracts as soon as possible.

Due to popular demand, IRSA members can now access the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR) online for $55AUD for the year.

The Australian recommendations for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma were developed by more than sixty expert clinicians with the principle aim of improving the standard of care provided to patients suffering with this condition in Australia. This online, unabridged version of the recommendations provides detailed background information including technical notes.

Expressions of Interest are NOW OPEN for the position of ‘Member’ of this newly created Sub-Committee.

An information pamphlet developed by BSIR and RCR has been released to assist with providing information around Women working in Interventional Radiology

In 2016, IRSA applied to MSAC to restore public funding for a selected patient group likely to benefit from early vertebroplasty. The application was based on the VAPOUR trial. We are pleased to announce MSAC has supported the application for the patient subgroup in the VAPOUR trial who showed greatest benefit from vertebroplasty. The decision is published on the MSAC website as a Public Summary Document (PSD).

The Executive Committee are pleased to report that the Vacancy for the position of Junior Member advertised on 16 April 2020 has now been filled by Dr Philip Chan.

In March 2019, the Interventional Radiology Committee released a white paper on Interventional Radiology for consultation to College members and other key stakeholders. The document was developed with the purpose of informing the College membership and stakeholder groups of the current and long-term positioning of IR and INR in Australia and New Zealand.

IRSA would like to inform it’s members of the latest TGA statement on paclitaxel-coated products used in the peripheral arteries.

IRSA would like to highlight the recent update on the consensus guidelines on anticoagulants in interventional radiology published in JVIR. These are excellent and comprehensive reviews to help guide practice relevant to all IR's. Davidson JC et al. (2019). Society of Interventional Radiology Consensus Guidelines for the Periprocedural Management of Thrombotic and Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Image-Guided Interventions-Part I: Review of Anticoagulation Agents and Clinical Considerations. Journal [...]