Brian F Stainken is a practicing Interventional Radiologist and Chair of the Radiology Department at The Stamford Hospital in Stamford Connecticut. He is a honors program graduate of Boston College and attended Georgetown University School of Medicine on a full scholarship from the US Navy. He completed Residency in San Diego and Fellowship at UCLA. After training he served on the faculty at UCSD, Albany Medical College and the University of Maryland before entering into private practice in 2004 in Providence RI, moving to Connecticut 12 years later.

He has been active in the early stage research in the area of cryoablation, and mechanical thrombectomy. More recently he was among the early adopters of radioembolization in the US. For over 20 years he has been a vocal supporter of improved collaboration amongst international IR societies and development of IR services internationally. For this work he has been awarded honorary fellowship/membership in the US, European, Chinese, and Asia Pacific Interventional Radiology Societies.

A past president of SIR, Dr Stainken currently serves on the society’s board as International Division Councilor.