Congratulations to Matthew A. Mauro, MD, FSIR, a 2025 Leaders in Innovation Award honoree, for his decade-long, tireless efforts in transforming IR fellowship into IR residency. His innovative work not only navigated resistance from stakeholders and secured acceptance by peer specialties and the American Board of Medical Specialties but also established IR as a primary specialty providing unique patient care. He played a pivotal role in crafting the IR residency curriculum, ensuring its immediate success as one of the most competitive specialties for medical students. This achievement has profoundly impacted IR’s past, present, and future, solidifying its position as a desirable and essential specialty.
Additional recipients include Jeanne M. LaBerge, MD, FSIR, John A. Kaufman, MD, FSIR, M. Victoria Marx, MD, FSIR.