Summer Internships

2021 Summer Medical Internship Program

The SIR Foundation Summer Medical Internship Program introduces medical students early in their studies to interventional radiology research and medical device development. The internships are for highly motivated medical students who seek to acquire a fundamental understanding of research methods as they relate to vascular and interventional radiology.

2021 IR internship sites:

Children's National Medical Center / George Washington University

Cleveland Clinic

Johns Hopkins University

Medical College of Wisconsin

University of Illinois at Chicago

2021 Corporate host sites:

Becton Dickinson (BD)

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Due to developments related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, SIR Foundation has made the difficult, but necessary and responsible decision to cancel the 2020 Summer Medical Internship Program. We would like to thank the selected medical students and mentors for their continued support during this challenging time.

Current interns (2020):

Becton Dickinson (BD) with Alex Tessmer and JD Meler, MD:

• Aakash Gupta, Northwestern University

Children's National Medical Center/George Washington University with Karun Sharma, MD, PhD, FSIR:

• Matthew Lommen, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
• Seulah Choi, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Cleveland Clinic with Gordon McLennan, MD, FSIR:

• Robert She, SUNY Upstate Medical University
• Lee Hsieh, UC San Diego School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University with Clifford R. Weiss, MD, FSIR:

• Ananya Majumdar, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
• Venkata Macha, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

Medical College of Wisconsin with Sarah B. White, MD, MS, FSIR:

• Kenneth Tharp, University of North Dakota School of Medicine 

University of Illinois at Chicago with Ron C. Gaba, MD, FSIR:

•  Ryan Bitar, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

 

Medical students: Apply October 1, 2020

Students applying for the program must show strong potential for a career in IR with proven academic success. Selected students will have an opportunity to intern with an interventional radiologist research mentor host or a corporate research and development mentor host during the summer. Medical students interested in applying to the upcoming Summer 2021 internship period must submit the following:

1. The application document

2. A letter of recommendation

The application will be considered incomplete until SIR Foundation receives a letter of recommendation from one of the following members of the applicant's faculty:

• Director of the radiology residency program
• Director of the IR fellowship
• An interventional radiologist on the faculty
• Note: If you wish to submit a LOR from another IR provider because your faculty does not have a residency or fellowship program, please contact the Coordinator of Research & Grants.

Please read the guidelines for more information about eligibility and application requirements. 

For questions regarding the application, please email the Coordinator of Research & Grants.

Applications for the 2021 Summer Medical Internship Program opens on October 1, 2020 and closes on January 15, 2021. To apply, please visit apply.sirfoundation.org

If you are a corporate or IR academic host site interested in participating in the 2021 program, please apply by Sep. 15, 2020. 

For corporate host sites: Please review the guidelines and apply here.

For IR host sites: Please review the guidelines and apply here.