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Press Releases
2009
Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Receives $1 Million Legacy Gift - Planned-gift Donation To Fund Future Scholarship for Interventional Radiology Fellows; New Donor Web Site Launches, Sept. 23, 2009
Peripheral Arterial Disease: Simple Quiz Keeps You Circulating - Interventional Radiologists Recommend That Seniors, African-Americans, Diabetics Take Online Quiz, Get Screened If Needed - Sept. 9, 2009; Audio
Ultimate Health Quiz to Determine Risk for Peripheral Arterial Disease - Interventional Radiologists Recommend That Seniors, African-Americans, Diabetics Take Online Quiz, Get Screened if Needed - Aug. 31, 2009
Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Awards $191,000 in Grants - More Than $2 Million Awarded in Research Training, Seed Grants and Academic Development Funding Over the Past 15 Years - May 19, 2009
2008
Pivotal National Trial Uses Newest Interventional Radiology Treatment to Bust Blood Clots in Legs - Sept. 15, 2008
At Risk for Peripheral Arterial Disease? Simple Quiz Provides Key so You Can Circulate Better - Sept. 3, 2008
2007
Interventional Radiologists Provide Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening: Don't Assume Leg Pain Is Just Old Age - June 18, 2007
2006
African-Americans Have Same Risk as Pack-A-Day Smokers for Developing Peripheral Arterial Disease, a Marker for Heart Attack and Stroke - Aug. 29, 2006
Media Alert: African-Americans Have Twice the Risk for Peripheral Arterial Disease, a Marker for Heart Attack and Stroke - May 31, 2006
2005
Free National Screening in September Fights PAD, the Cause of 50 Percent of all Diabetic Amputations (Legs For Life) - Aug. 29, 2005
USA TODAY® highlights SIR Foundation grant recipient, Brad Wood, MD - May 2003 Pilot Grant recipient - “Multi-Modality Image Guidance for Minimally Invasive Percutaneous Therapies” - June 2005
2004
Vascular Disease: Know Your Risk for Nation's Top Killers - Sept. 1, 2004
2003
Get Checked for Potentially Deadly Cardiovascular Disease Through Free Interventional Radiology "Legs For Life" Screening Program - Aug. 25, 2003