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CertificationEuropean Certification for Endovascular Specialists

European Certification for Endovascular Specialists

CIRSE is offering an exciting new certification for EBIR holders who seek recognition of their expertise and experience in the field of endovascular therapy. This advanced qualification aims to further the acknowledgement of IRs as experts in minimally-invasive, image-guided endovascular treatment and provide a certification of documented experience to support IRs at a local level.

Scope of this certification

This evidence-based certification allows IRs to prove their expert knowledge which has been gained through the extensive performance of endovascular procedures. It is based on the European Curriculum and Syllabus for IR and highlights the important role that endovascular therapy plays within IR practice. To effectively verify an applicant’s experience, the application process will feature a number of elements including the provision of specific documentation co-signed by an authorised representative and the completion of CIRSE Academy online learning courses.

Successful recipients of the European Certificate for Endovascular Specialists are entitled to use the post-nominal qualification EBIR-ES.

Eligibility requirements

To apply for the EBIR ES certification, please complete the application form and send it via email to [email protected]. The certification fee will then be settled through a secure payment link, sent to you by the CIRSE Office. Upon receipt of the payment, the application form will then undergo the standard reviewing process.

Candidates must be European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR) holders and must have passed the EBIR at least two years prior to applying for this certification. During this time, the candidate must have been actively practicing interventional radiology and endovascular therapy.

The application form can be downloaded here.

The form will verify that the candidates meet the following criteria:

Clinical competency checklist

As part of the application form, the checklist details the candidates’ clinical competency and confirms that they have seen at least 200 patients in-clinic since successfully completing the EBIR examination.

Education

Candidates must have attended a minimum of three CIRSE Live or Online Educational Events in the 5 years prior to application.

Furthermore, candidates are required to have successfully completed at least three of the below listed CIRSE Academy Courses:

Membership

Applicants must be CIRSE members in good standing.

Candidates are required to have completed at least 250 advanced IR procedures (in addition to the 150 vascular EBIR-required procedures, for a detailed list of the procedures please click here) as primary operator. These advanced procedures may be solely either venous or arterial, or a combination of both. This must be verified by the Authorised Representative as listed in the application form.

The required 250 procedures are to be completed since the candidate successfully passed the EBIR, and prior to application submission.

The application fee for the EBIR specialist certification is €250.

Application process and review

EBIR Endovascular specialists

The following physicians have been certified as EBIR Endovascular specialists.

NameCountry
Andreas H. Mahnken
Germany
Arturo Alvarez LuqueSpain
Badar Bin Bilal Shafi
United Kingdom
Clemens Baumann
Germany
Christian Scheurig-Münkler
Germany
Christian WissgottGermany
Filipe Veloso GomesPortugal
Florian Wolf
Austria
Gerard Goh
Australia
Gerardo Andrés Tovar FeliceSpain
Grigorios TsoukalosGreece
Hanno Hoppe
Switzerland
Hong Kuan KokAustralia
Igor LitvinSlovakia
Jakob SwanbergSweden
Jan HinrichsGermany
Jan Peter GoltzGermany
Jan Borggrefe
Germany
Jaume Sampere MoraguesSpain
Jernej LučevSlovenia
Jules HarveyAustralia
Konstantinos PalialexisGreece
Lazaros ReppasGreece
Mateusz KrasunSweden
Michael LeeIreland
Miltiadis KrokidisGreece
Mohamad HamadyUnited Kingdom
Nasser AlgharemSaudi Arabia
Niklas NymanSweden
Omran AlmokdadQatar
Patrick Haage
Germany
Panos Gkoutzios
United Kingdom
Robert A Morgan
United Kingdom
Rohit Philip Thomas
Germany
Rolf W. HügliSwitzerland
Roman Klöckner
Germany
Sanne de BoerNetherlands
Sebastian Kos
Switzerland
Stavros SpiliopoulosGreece
Stefan Müller-HülsbeckGermany
Thomas JahnkeGermany
Thomas Rodt
Germany
Tiago BilhimPortugal
Tobias Trabold
Germany
Warren ClementsAustralia

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the EBIR specialist certification, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

CIRSE Certification and Accreditation Department
Neutorgasse 9/6
1010 Vienna
Austria
Tel: +43 1 904 2003
Fax: + 43 1 904 2003 30
E-mail: [email protected]