With the explosive growth of interventional oncology, the Society of Interventional Oncology has been founded to focus entirely on the subspecialty field of interventional radiology.

The society’s first president will be Jeff Geschwind, MD, chairman of the department of radiology and biomedical imaging and professor of radiology and oncology at Yale School of Medicine.

“Since the WCIO meeting was launched more than 10 years ago, the interest for interventional oncology has grown exponentially. This interest has been felt worldwide, not just in the United States and Europe,” said Geschwind in a statement to HemOnc. “The enthusiastic support from our industry partners, the creation of Interventional Oncology University and an interventional oncology curriculum by WCIO, combined with the explosive growth of interventional oncology, prompted the WCIO board to establish the society. We realized there was a real and urgent need to create a society dedicated to interventional oncology.”

This membership based organization will offer these membership categories: active, affiliate, resident/fellow and student. Depending on membership level, members will be eligible to receive discounts on conference rates, research grant opportunities and access to Interventional Oncology University.