CIRSE
The Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) is a non-profit making, educational and scientific association aiming to improve patient care through the support of teaching, science, research and clinical practice in the field of cardiovascular and interventional radiology.
CIRSE’s mission is to provide continuing education and training for its members, and support the development of interventional radiology through a wide variety of initiatives. CIRSE is the most representative IR society worldwide, with over 10,000 members and over 55 national and regional societies as group members. CIRSE organises the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR) examination, based on the European Curriculum and Syllabus for Interventional Radiology, as well as subspecialty certifications. CIRSE also contributes to research in IR as the scientific sponsor of a number of clinical studies and sets standards through the production of Standard of Practice documents and the creation of the International Accreditation System for Interventional Oncology Services (IASIOS).
The main educational events organised by CIRSE include the CIRSE Annual Congress, the European Conference on Interventional Oncology (ECIO), the European Conference on Embolotherapy (ET), the International Conference on Complications in Interventional Radiology (ICCIR), the European Conference on Image-Guided Pain Management (ECIP) as well as courses of the European School of Interventional Radiology. Online education offers include the CIRSE Library, the largest online learning portal in IR, the CIRSE Academy and CIRSE webinars.
CIRSE is governed by the CIRSE Executive Board and has its registered office in Vienna, Austria.
Contribution to PreciseOnco
With our unique professional network, scientific expertise, and experience in developing education and training formats, CIRSE will support the validation, adoption, and dissemination of PreciseOnco innovations in the interventional oncology community.
In work package 6, CIRSE will lead the development and plementation of high-quality training and capacity building sessions to enhance end-users’ skills and knowledge related to the use of spectralimaging in the interventional space and facilitate the adoption of the PreciseOnco objectives, findings, and results.
In work packages 5 and 7, CIRSE will support the work package leaders with our expertise and wide reach in the IR community.
Team
Birgit Slijepčević
Birgit Slijepčević is head of Board Relations and Association Management at the CIRSE Central Office in Vienna. She works closely with CIRSE’s leadership and is responsible for CIRSE’s involvement in EU-funded projects, collaborations with national and international (IR) societies, CIRSE’s global outreach portfolio, different working groups and CIRSE’s educational next generation programmes.
She has a master’s degree in international public management from Sciences Po Paris and a master’s in European regulatory affairs, underwent clinical research training and is fluent in five languages.