2022 SPIR Board of Directors

Dr. Anne Marie Cahill, President
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States
Dr. Cahill currently serves as the Division Chief of IR and Director of Image-Based Therapy for Vascular Anomalies at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her areas of focus include vascular malformation therapy, endovascular therapy of renovascular hypertension and venous thrombolysis.

Dr. Leah Braswell, President-Elect
Nationwide Children's Hospital, United States
Dr. Braswell is the Associate Chief of Pediatric Interventional Radiology and the Program Director for the Pediatric IR Fellowship at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Her clinical interests include the evaluation and treatment of all types of vascular anomalies in children and adults, including venous malformation, lymphatic malformation, orbital malformation, and complex syndromes.

Dr. Joao Amaral, Secretary
Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Dr. Amaral currently serves as the Division Head of Pediatric Interventional Radiology at the Image Guided Therapy Centre and the co-chair for the Image Guided Care Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children. His areas of special interest include the diagnosis and management of vascular malformations, renovascular disease and MR guided procedures.

Dr. Alex Barnacle, Past President
Great Ormond Street Hospital, United Kingdom
Dr Barnacle is a paediatric interventional radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London. Her clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of vascular malformations, renal stone disease and ablation.

Dr. Murthy Chennapragada, Treasurer
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. Gulraiz Chaudry, Member-at-Large
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. Fernando Gómez Muñoz, Member-at-Large
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Spain
Dr. Gómez Muñoz is the lead consultant in interventional radiology at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (Amsterdam) and coordinates the pediatric interventional oncology at the Hospital Clinic-Hospital Sant Joan de Deu consortium in Barcelona. His main clinical activity is focused on musculoskeletal and soft tissue tumors, neuroblastoma and vascular anomalies

Dr. Michael Temple, Member-at-Large
The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Dr. Temple is a pediatric interventional radiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and an associate professor at the University of Toronto. His clinical interests include MSK, thrombosis and oncology interventions.

Dr. Shellie Josephs, Member-at-Large
Stanford Children's Health, United States
Dr. Josephs is a Pediatric Interventional Radiologist specializing in minimally invasive, image-guided surgical procedures

Dr. Sheena Pimpalwar, Member-at-Large
Children’s Medical Center, United States
Dr. Pimpalwar is the director of pediatric interventional radiology at the Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern, Dallas. Her clinical interests include vascular anomalies, lymphatic imaging and intervention, and venous thrombolysis.
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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.
SPIR Presidents Gallery
2009

Dr. James Donaldson
2010, 2011
Dr. Manrita Sidhu

2012

Dr. Charles James
2013

Dr. Mark Hogan
2014

Dr. Derek Roebuck
2019

Dr. Manish Patel
2015

Dr. John Racadio
2016, 2018

Dr. Manraj Heran
2020, 2021

Dr. Alex Barnacle
2017
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Dr. Roger Harned II