Award

Frederick S. Keller, MD, Philanthropy Award

Honors an individual who, through exceptional generosity and inspiring others to give, demonstrates outstanding commitment to SIR Foundation.

Open
Nomination 06/01/2025

Award

Complimentary registration, transportation and lodging for SIR's Annual Meeting.

Nomination due 06/01/2025

Award criteria

  • Active participation on SIR Foundation fundraising committees or other fundraising efforts
  • Significant individual donation to SIR Foundation
  • Inspiring or facilitating significant donations to SIR Foundation
2025 recipient
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Michael Darcy, MD, FSIR

Michael Darcy, MD, FSIR, is a professor of radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute at Washington University in St. Louis. He earned his medical degree at Ohio State University. After 3 years of surgery residency, he switched to radiology and IR training at the University of Minnesota. His first job was at the Medical University of South Carolina, but he moved to the Mallinckrodt Institute in 1989. He was chief of interventional radiology for 18 years but stepped down in 2019 and retired from clinical practice in 2022. He was very active in the Society of Interventional Radiology, holding multiple positions including Annual Scientific Meeting chair, SIR Foundation chair and president. His main areas of clinical and academic interest are portal hypertension and GI bleeding. He and his wife Susan have three daughters, four grandchildren and two dogs. Woodworking and mountain hiking are his main passions outside of IR.

Congratulations, Dr. Darcy!

Past recipients

  • 2024: John Lipman, MD, FSIR

  • 2023: Erik N. K. Cressman, MD, PhD, FSIR
  • 2022: John Thomas (JT), MD, FSIR
  • 2021: Alan H. Matsumoto, MD, FSIR
  • 2020: Janette Durham, MD, MBA, FSIR
  • 2019: John Abele, FSIR
  • 2018: Constantin Cope, MD, FSIR
  • 2017: James F. McGuckin, MD, FSIR
  • 2016: Gordon McLennan, MD, FSIR
  • 2015: John F. Cardella, MD, FSIR and Katharine L. Krol, MD, FSIR
  • 2014: William C. Culp, MD, FSIR
  • 2013: Anne C. Roberts, MD, FSIR
  • 2012: Eamonn P. Hobbs, FSIR
  • 2011: Michael E. Edwards, MD, FSIR
  • 2010: Frederick S. Keller, MD, FSIR