2006 SIR Foundation Research Grant Recipients

Dr. Ernest J. Ring Academic Development Grant Program

Erik Cressman, MD (University of Minnesota)
"Thermochemical Ablation: A New Frontier in Interventional Oncology"

Robert Liddell, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
"Magnetoencapuslated Hepatocytes for MR Guided Delivery and Tracking"

Pilot Research Grant Program

Hyun Kim, MD (Johns Hopkins University)
"MR Guided Cryoablation of Uterine Leiomyoma: A Clinical Trial with Histopathological Correlation"

Kent Sato, MD (Northwestern University)
"TRIP-MRI Monitoring of Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors in Rabbits"

Clinical Fellowship Research Training Program Grant

Timothy Murphy, MD (Brown University)

M. David Agarwal, MD (Indiana University)

Medical Student Research Grant

Bradley Barnett (Johns Hopkins University)
"Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysms with EmboGel in conjuntion with AlgiNet"

Luke Higgins (Stanford University)
"Analysis of Gene Expression and Differentiation in MR-Labeled Adipose-derived Stromal Cells"

Kumapley Lartevi (Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Splenic Artery Embolization in the Blunt Trauma Patient: Splenic Salvage Rate and Radiation Dose of Proximal Embolization when compared to Distal Embolization"

2005 SIR Foundation Research Grant Recipients

Dr. Ernest J. Ring Academic Development Grant Program

Filip Banovac, MD (Georgetown University)
"Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Tumors in Swine Assisted by a Navigation Device with Pre-procedural Volumetric Planning"

Pilot Research Grant Program

Craig Glaiberman, MD (Washington University)
"Assessing Proficiency During Simulated Renal Artery Stent Placement"

Academic Transition Award

Robert Ryu, MD (Northwestern University)
"Feasibility of MRI Assessment of Uterine Fibroid Perfusion after UFE in an Animal Model"

Clinical Fellowship Research Training Program Grant

Jennifer Gould, MD (Washington University)

Reed Omary, MD (Northwestern University)

Radiology Resident Research Grant

Suvranu Ganguli, MD (Harvard University)
"Radiofrequency Ablation Combined with Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization: Efficacy in an in vivo Porcine Model"

Andrew Long, MD (Cornell University)
"In Vitro Evaluation of a Venous Valve Prosthesis"

Medical Student Research Grant

Briana Beauchene (Midwestern University)
"The Value of Positron Emission Tomography in Biopsy Site Selection"

Ben Jacobs (Washington University)
"Measuring Efficiency During Simulated Renal Stent Placement"

Robert Jajko (University of Illinois)
"Impact of Catheter Characteristics on Pancreatic Islet Cell Graft Integrity"

Betty Tuong (University of Toronto)
"The Experience of Conducting Mortality and Morbidity Reviews in a Pediatric Interventional Radiology Service"

Joseph Young (Northwestern University)
"Effect of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 Alpha Levels on Tumor Response Following Transcatheter Arterial Embolization in Rabbit VX2 Liver Tumors"

2004 Grant Recipients

"Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Validation of Canine Models Reproducing Endoleaks"
Sophie Lerouge, PhD
Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal

"The Contribution of Leukocytes to the Difference in Neointimal Formation – Responses to Arterial Injury Between Two Apolipoprotein E-deficient Mouse Strains”
Daniel A. Leung, MD
University of Virginia Health System

"Cryoplasty to Treat Anastomotic Venous Stenosis"
Clayton Trimmer, DO
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School

"Evaluation of Cerebral Microemboli during Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Tumors in a Canine Model"
Kamran Ahrar, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center

"Aneurismal Flow Dynamics in Swine Model – an In Vivo MR Phase Contrast Study at 3 Tesla"
Shantanu Sinha, PhD
UCLA School of Medicine

"Percutaneous Interventional Hindlimb Model and Validation of Computed Tomography Angiography on Quantitation of Arteriogenesis in Rats Treated with Autologous Bone Marrow Cells”
Zhen W. Zhuang, MD
Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center