WITS NEURORADIOLOGY & NEUROINTERVENTION SYMPOSIUM 2026
From Imaging to Intervention
Imaging-led. Intervention-focused. Multidisciplinary by design. A proposed one-day symposium connecting neuroradiology, neurointervention and body interventional radiology — from diagnosis and patient selection through to procedural planning, intervention, complication management and service development.
- Timing
- Late November 2026 — provisional
- Location
- Johannesburg
- Status
- Programme in development
- Registration
- Not yet open
Why attend.
Neuroradiology and neurointervention are rarely presented alongside body interventional radiology as one connected educational day. This symposium proposes exactly that: a shared programme showing how imaging drives patient selection and intervention decisions across the brain, spine and body, and how services are built and sustained in a South African public-sector context.
The proposed day balances three tracks — neuroradiology, neurointervention and body IR — around a provisional educational split of 30% / 40% / 30% (see 'Educational balance' below), plus integrated case sessions that deliberately cross track boundaries. WIRS's role is programme coordination and registrar-facing execution in support of the scientific leadership; nothing here is a finished, approved programme.
- Imaging that drives neurovascular and body-IR decisions
- Stroke, aneurysm and vascular-malformation pathways
- An integrated Body IR track alongside neurointervention
- Referral, treatment and complication-management pathways
- Service development in a South African public-sector setting
- Training, mentorship and career pathways
Illustrative agenda.
A complete draft run of the day, for scientific-chair direction — illustrative programme architecture, not a confirmed agenda. Session titles are educational categories, never clinical or procedural guidance.
Registration
Arrival and registration desk.
Opening
From imaging to intervention in the South African public-sector environment — strategic context for the day.
Neuroradiology
Imaging that drives neurovascular decisions — the neuroradiology track.
Break
Refreshments.
Neurointervention I
Stroke and endovascular pathways — the first neurointervention session.
Integrated neurovascular cases
Case-based discussion crossing the neuroradiology and neurointervention tracks.
Lunch
Break.
Body IR
Emergency, vascular and non-vascular intervention — the Body IR track.
Neurointervention II
Aneurysms, vascular malformations and service development.
Integrated practical or case-based session
Potential format — subject to faculty, governance and resource approval (see 'Practical and case-based formats').
Training, careers and future pathways panel
A multidisciplinary panel on training routes, fellowships and the future of IR in South Africa.
Close
Faculty architecture.
Faculty are described by category only. No individual is named or approached on this public page until the scientific chairs direct it, titles and affiliations are verified, and individual consent to public naming is recorded.
Scientific chairs
Wits faculty
Public-sector contributors
Private-sector contributors
Multidisciplinary contributors
National or external contributors
Registration concept.
Illustrative pricing tiers for scientific-chair and committee discussion — no functional registration exists on this platform, and none is planned before the event is approved.
Registrar / trainee
Fee TBC
Radiology registrars and other trainees across relevant specialties.
Consultant / specialist
Fee TBC
Consultant and specialist attendees.
Allied health / student
Fee TBC
Radiographers, nursing, medical students and allied health attendees.
Venue and CPD.
Proposed venue
Wits School of Public Health, Education Campus, Parktown — proposal only, not confirmed or booked. No map is embedded until a venue is confirmed.
Format
Proposed one-day multidisciplinary symposium — combined plenary with three tracks, subject to scientific-chair direction.
CPD
CPD accreditation is subject to application and approval; point allocation and the administrative owner are still to be determined with the scientific chairs and institutional guidance.
Educational balance.
Provisional educational balance — subject to scientific review.
Neuroradiology — 30%
Diagnosis, characterisation, imaging selection, treatment planning and post-treatment assessment.
Neurointervention — 40%
Endovascular treatment, systems of care, devices, complications and supervised procedural education.
Body IR — 30%
Vascular, emergency, non-vascular and oncologic intervention, and service development.
Intended audience.
Radiology
Registrars and consultant radiologists.
Referring specialties
Neurology, neurosurgery, and relevant surgical and physician teams.
Acute care
Anaesthesia, critical care and emergency clinicians.
Wider team
Radiographers, stroke and interventional nursing, medical officers, and interested students if capacity allows.
Neuroradiology track.
Diagnosis, characterisation, imaging selection, treatment planning and post-treatment assessment — non-procedural, educational categories only.
Neurovascular anatomy and multimodality imaging
Intracranial and extracranial arterial anatomy, venous anatomy, collateral circulation and vascular variants across CTA, MRA and DSA.
Acute stroke imaging and intervention selection
Non-contrast CT, CTA, collateral assessment, perfusion concepts, posterior circulation, stroke mimics and post-treatment imaging.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage and aneurysms
Haemorrhage patterns, aneurysm detection and morphology, rupture-pattern correlation, vasospasm and surveillance.
AVMs, dAVFs and vascular malformations
Nidus, feeders and venous drainage, high-risk features, venous reflux, and multidisciplinary treatment-planning imaging.
Head-and-neck vascular lesions
Imaging for head-and-neck vascular lesions and preoperative embolisation planning alongside surgical colleagues.
Neurointervention track.
High-level proposed topics — no procedural step-by-step guidance.
Stroke and thrombectomy pathways
Mechanical thrombectomy pathways, stroke systems of care, vascular access and procedural planning, and thrombectomy-device categories.
Aneurysm and vascular-malformation treatment categories
Coiling concepts, balloon and stent assistance, flow-diversion concepts, and AVM/dAVF embolisation concepts.
Tumour embolisation
Neurointerventional tumour-embolisation concepts.
Complications and post-treatment imaging
Complication recognition, rescue concepts, and the role of post-treatment imaging.
Anaesthesia and critical-care interface
How neurointervention interfaces with anaesthesia and critical care.
Service development and training pathways
Sustainable neurointervention service development, and training and fellowship pathways.
Body IR track.
Vascular, emergency, non-vascular and oncologic intervention.
Emergency and trauma haemorrhage control
Emergency haemorrhage, GI and GDA embolisation, bronchial artery embolisation, trauma embolisation, and pelvic/obstetric haemorrhage.
Hepatobiliary and urinary intervention
Hepatobiliary intervention, PTBD and biliary intervention, nephrostomy and urinary diversion.
Image-guided biopsy and drainage
Image-guided biopsy and collection drainage, including pigtail placement concepts.
Vascular access
PICCs, ports and central access, and dialysis-access/fistula intervention.
Interventional oncology
Tumour embolisation and an interventional-oncology overview.
Service-development priorities
Body IR service-development priorities in a South African public-sector context.
Practical and case-based formats.
Potential format — subject to faculty, governance and resource approval.
Device and embolisation-material demonstration
A demonstration station covering device categories and embolisation-material concepts.
Imaging-selection and correlation station
CTA/MRA/DSA correlation and imaging-selection exercises.
Stroke-pathway exercise
A tabletop exercise walking through a stroke pathway.
Referral-pathway exercise
An exercise on referral pathways across specialties.
Complication scenario
A complication-recognition scenario exercise.
Multidisciplinary case panel
A live, multidisciplinary case-discussion panel.
Sponsors, partners and disclosures.
Academic and institutional partners
To be confirmed.
Educational partners
To be confirmed.
Industry support
Subject to scientific and institutional approval; faculty approve all sponsored content, competing vendors are treated equitably, and relationships are disclosed.
Education-Hub continuity.
With speaker consent only, the symposium would feed the WIRS Education Hub as a post-event capsule mapped to the curriculum pillars.
Approved reading lists
Curated reading tied to the curriculum pillars.
Speaker-approved slides
Shared only where the speaker consents.
Speaker-approved recordings
Shared only where recording permission is granted.
WIRS summaries and original diagrams
Original WIRS summaries of approved material.
Case-discussion frameworks and journal-club resources
Structured frameworks drawn from the day's integrated case sessions.
Post-event archive and career-pathway guidance
Archived alongside the WIRS training and career pathways.
Decisions still required.
This page does not pre-empt any of these. They remain for the scientific chairs and institutional stakeholders to decide.
Final date
Confirming a realistic date within the provisional late-November window.
Venue confirmation
Confirming and booking the proposed venue, or selecting an alternative.
Faculty confirmation
Approaching and confirming named faculty, once the chairs direct it.
Sponsorship route
Confirming the sponsorship and conflict-of-interest process.
CPD accreditation
Confirming CPD accreditation, points and administration.
Registration model
Confirming fees, capacity and the registration process.
Practical component
Confirming whether a hands-on component is supported.
Frequently asked questions.
Is this event confirmed?
No. This page describes a programme concept in development. No date, venue, faculty, programme or sponsorship is approved.
When and where would it be?
Late November 2026 is a provisional window, and Johannesburg (with a proposed Wits School of Public Health venue) is a proposed location — neither is confirmed.
Who is the faculty?
No individuals are named. Faculty are described by category only until the scientific chairs direct otherwise and individual consent is recorded.
How would registration work?
There is no functional registration. A model, fees and capacity are still under discussion, and this platform never collects payment.
Can I get CPD points?
CPD accreditation is subject to application and approval — not yet confirmed.
How does this connect to WIRS Education?
With speaker consent, approved material would feed the Education Hub as a post-event capsule — see 'Education-Hub continuity' above.
Explore more while this comes together.
This programme concept is still in development. Explore the Education Hub and the Neuroradiology & neurointervention curriculum pillar while the scientific chairs finalise the details above.