General Information

ESIR Aims | Course Outline | CME Accreditation | CIRSE Foundation

Aims of the European School of Interventional Radiology

• developing an educational programme and extending teaching resources for image-guided minimally invasive therapeutic procedures,
• promoting Interventional Radiology in countries where it is not yet fully developed,
• expanding the scope in countries where Interventional Radiology is already established,
• supporting, optimising and disseminating new techniques to secure best quality treatments of patients,
• contributing to the growth of the specialty by making local clinicians aware of what Interventional Radiology can offer them.

Course Outline

• ESIR courses last up to 2 days, they are limited to a maximum number of 60 delegates per course allowing for interactive sessions
• 1/3 of the course consist of lectures, while 2/3 of the course time is spent for repetitions and small group teaching sessions
• The courses are held in English (with the exception of the Stenting Course in Zaragosa, which will be offered in Spanish language) 
• The ESIR ensures the evaluation of all courses and guarantees professional and didactically experienced teachers.
• Participants may participate in a voluntary test, which is held at the end of the course.
• All delegates receive a certificate of attendance.
• Registration is handled on a first come first served basis.

CME Accreditation

The ESIR is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.

EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA.

More Details to be announced.


CIRSE Foundation  

The CIRSE Foundation is an independent, non-profit and tax exempt foundation. It promotes research and education in the field of minimally invasive, image guided therapies and, therefore, strengthens and complements the activities of CIRSE in this field.

The Board of Trustees
David J. Allison (UK) Chairperson
Christoph L. Zollikofer (CH) Vice-Chairperson
Rolf W. Günther (DE)
Dimitris Kelekis (GR)
Andy Adam (UK)
Johannes Lammer (AT)

Advisory Council
J. A. Reekers (NL)
Chairman of the CIRSE Foundation

Vascular Division:
Chair: S. Müller-Hülsbeck (Flensburg/DE)
C. A. Binkert (Winterthur/CH)
T. J. Cleveland (Sheffield/UK)  
A. Kelekis (Athens/GR)
T. Jahnke (Kiel/DE)
L. Lönn (Copenhagen/DK)
M. R. Sapoval (Paris/FR)
R. Uberoi (Oxford/UK)

Oncology Division:
Chair: M. Bezzi (Rome/IT)
T. de Baere (Villejuif/FR)
A. Hatzidakis (Heraklion/GR)
T. Sabharwal (London/UK)
V. Valek (Brno/CZ)
M. Van den Bosch (Utrecht/NL)
T. Vogl (Frankfurt am Main/DE)