Filip Banovac, M.D., FSIR, Associate Professor of Radiology and Interventional Radiology (IR) Section Chief, has been appointed Treasurer of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). He will serve a three-year term in that role for both the SIR and the SIR Foundation. His term will begin immediately following the SIR Annual Members’ Business Meeting at the SIR 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting in March.
As Treasurer, Banovac will be an active member of the SIR Executive Council, Nominating Committee, and Finance and Audit Committee. He will oversee the budget, accounting and financial reporting for the Society, and will be responsible for the management of general SIR finances.
“I am excited to continue my affiliation with the SIR and the SIR Foundation,” said Banovac. “There are many exciting things occurring right now in IR, and I’m excited to see how it evolves over the next few years.”
Banovac is Immediate Past Chair of the SIR Foundation’s Board of Directors. He has served in a number of roles with the SIR and SIR Foundation, including SIR Foundation Vice Chair and Research Policy Division Chair. He was also awarded the SIR’s Gary Becker Young Investigator Award in 2009 in recognition of his research in IR.
Prior to joining Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2015, Banovac served as Chief of IR, and Director of the IR Fellowship Program at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He earned his M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia and completed his residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center.
