Society for Pediatric Interventional Radiology: About Us

2026 SPIR Board of Directors

Dr. Gulraiz Chaudry, President

Boston Children's Hospital, United States

Dr. Chaudry is the director of the pediatric vascular and interventional radiology fellowship program at Boston Children’s Hospital where he specializes in the interventional treatment of vascular anomalies. His areas of interest are the imaging and intervention of overgrowth syndromes and osseous lymphatic disorders. Dr. Chaudry graduated from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He completed residencies in pediatrics and radiology in the UK, followed by fellowships in pediatric radiology and pediatric interventional radiology at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Shellie Josephs, President-Elect

Oregon Health and Science University Hospital, United States

Dr. Josephs is a Pediatric Interventional Radiologist specializing in minimally invasive, image-guided surgical procedures.

Dr. Michael Temple, Secretary

St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States

Dr. Temple is the division chief of pediatric interventional radiology and a full faculty member at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. His clinical interests include MSK, thrombosis and oncology interventions. Dr. Temple graduated from the University of Western Ontario, completed residency training at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center and fellowships in pediatric diagnostic and interventional radiology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. His current research interests include the assessment and development of interventional oncology procedures in children. He is leading an international working group to create a pediatric interventional radiology research collaborative.

Dr. Eric Monroe, Treasurer

American Family Children's Hospital, United States

Dr. Monroe is a professor in the sections of Pediatric and Interventional Radiology in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin and American Family Children’s Hospital. His clinical and research interests include portal hypertension, liver transplant interventions, vascular anomalies and retinoblastoma.

Dr. Murthy Chennapragada, Past President

Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Dr. Chennapragada is a senior Staff specialist Radiologist at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney and a Clinical senior lecturer with the University of Sydney, Australia. His areas of special interest include pediatric hepatobiliary interventions, liver transplant-related imaging and interventions, and renovascular interventions. Dr. Chennapragada graduated from Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India and obtained radiology training in India and Australia. He completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Medical Imaging in Sydney, and a Vascular and Interventional Radiology fellowship in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Chennapragada is an active member of SIR, CIRSE, and RSNA, and enjoys close ties with the regional pediatric radiology societies in the Asia oceanic region and India. Outside of radiology, his interests include photography, travel, cricket and Indian movies.

Dr. Anne Gill, Member-at-Large

Emory University School of Medicine, United States

Dr. Gill is a board-certified radiologist and associate professor at the Emory University School of Medicine within the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. She earned her certificate of added qualification in the subspecialty of interventional radiology from the American Board of Radiology. Dr. Gill is the associate director of pediatric interventional radiology, and specializes treatments in vascular malformations, pediatric hepatobiliary interventions, venous thromboembolic disease, and thermal ablations of both soft tissue and osseous tumors. She also serves as Medical Director of the Vascular Access at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). She enjoys mentoring medical students interested in IR and developing the pediatric interventional radiology fellowship program at CHOA. She is actively involved as a Vice Chair of the COG Radiology committee and is active in the liver tumor committee section of COG. Dr. Gill is a reviewer for the Pediatric Radiology Journal, JVIR and CVIR. She has authored more than 45 peer-reviewed publications and given over 60 national and international invited presentations about various aspects of pediatric interventional radiology.

Dr. Premal A Patel, Member-at-Large

Great Ormand Street Hospital for Children, United Kingdom

Dr. Patel is a Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, United Kingdom. His clinical interests include interventional management of renovascular hypertension & vascular anomalies and cryoablation.

Dr. McDaniel is the director of pediatric interventional radiology at Akron Children’s Hospital and an associate professor of radiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. She is also a Major in the US Army Reserves. Her clinical interests include vascular anomalies, musculoskeletal, and venous thrombosis.

Dr. Janice McDaniel, Member-at-Large

Akron Children's Hospital, United States

Craig Gibson, Member-at-Large

Perth Children's Hospital, Australia

Dr. Gibson is a Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist and Head of Medical Imaging at Perth Children’s Hospital, Australia. His areas of interest include vascular anomalies, renovascular interventions and neonatal interventions. Dr. Gibson graduated from the University of Western Australia Medical School; also completing Radiology training in WA. He completed dual paediatric diagnostic and interventional radiology Fellowships at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, before accepting a 3 year Consultant post at Great Ormond St Hospital in London, UK. Dr. Gibson returned to Perth, Australia in 2016 with a remit to grow the paediatric interventional radiology service. He recently completed a 4 year term as the President of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Radiology (ANZSPR), and remains on the board as the immediate past President.

Luke Toh, Member-at-Large

Kandang Kerbau Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore

Dr Toh is senior consultant and head of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, and Head of Interventional Service, at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) in Singapore. Upon completion of a fellowship in pediatric interventional radiology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, he has built the PIR service in Singapore, and passionately brings the clinical practice to the region through outreach engagements. He is also an active member of vascular anomalies team at KKH with keen interest in the diagnosis and management of vascular anomalies.

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Susan Harned, Executive Director

Susan grew up in Nebraska and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska. She now lives in Colorado where she enjoys skiing, golfing and gardening. She is not a physician but she is married to one (Dr. Roger Harned) and is mom to adult sons Tyler and Spencer.