Today in San Francisco, Dr. Michael Dake is presented with the SIR Leaders in Innovation Award for his landmark work completed during 2011.  CCSVI Alliance president, Sharon Richardson, will be in attendence.

Michael D. Dake, MD -- 2011 SIR Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award

The Leaders in Innovation Award recognizes and promotes innovation within interventional radiology, continuing IRs historical innovative development that has revolutionized medicine over the last 40 years.  The award acknowledges those individuals who have conceptualized and implemented an idea that has had advantageous impact on the practice of interventional radiology. 

A major pioneer in IR research since 1990, Michael D. Dake, MD has been named the recipient of the 2011 SIR Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award.  "His pioneering work in the development of stent-grafts, particularly with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections, changed the national and international mindset to the treatment of these diseases," says Stephen T. Kee, MD, FSIR, SIR Foundation's Clinical Research and Trial Division chair.  "He was responsible for the design, development, and clinical integration of these devices into clinical practice.  He has been the principal investigator in numerous landmark trials, including the trails leading to the approval of thoracic aortic stent-grafts, stent-grafts for the treatment of femoral artery occlusive disease and recently the use of drug-eluting stents for femoral atherosclerotic disease."

CCSVI Alliance congratulates Michael Dake on this recognition, and thanks him for continuing his innovative work with CCSVI!