Dr. Maureen Kohi

Maureen P. Kohi, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAHA, is the Ernest H. Wood Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Kohi received her medical degree from New York Medical College with honors and completed her Diagnostic Radiology residency at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). While a resident, Dr. Kohi completed a one-year research fellowship as the recipient of the NIH/NIBIB T32 Training Grant. Following her residency, Dr. Kohi completed a Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) fellowship and a second fellowship in Women’s Imaging at UCSF. She was recruited to stay on faculty at UCSF and served in multiple leadership positions, including Associate Program Director for the VIR residency and fellowship and Division Chief of Interventional Radiology.

Growing up, Dr. Kohi was fascinated by science and problem-solving. She interned at a local community hospital in San Francisco during high school and fell in love with clinical care and the magic behind medicine. She decided to pursue a career as a physician to help patients from various backgrounds and give back to her community. During medical school, she was drawn to procedural specialties. During her surgery rotation, she observed a repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair performed through the endovascular approach— the most novel approach at that time. She was amazed by the elegance of the transarterial deployment of the AAA stent graft, the patient’s quick recovery, and speedy discharge from the hospital. This experience introduced her to the innovative field of Interventional Radiology. She then learned more about Diagnostic Radiology and was fascinated by the field’s central role in patient care and knew she wanted to be a Radiologist.

In the field of Interventional Radiology, Dr. Kohi is an international leader. She is the Chair of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Foundation and serves on the SIR Board. She has held numerous leadership positions in the SIR, including Chair of the Development Division for the SIR Foundation, member of the SIR annual meeting committee, Scientific Chair for the 2022 SIR annual meeting, Chair of the Women in Interventional Radiology’s Governing Council, and Deputy Editor for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR). She is a Past President of the Western Angiographic and Interventional Society (WAIS). She is a Vascular Interventional Advances Physicians board member and is the Program Chair for The Venous Endovascular Interventional Strategies (VEINS) meeting.