The Cancer Imaging (CI) Program is a transdisciplinary program that integrates imaging and engineering research with the study of cancer biology. The goals of this program are to build novel imaging technologies for discerning mechanisms of cancer biology, design new targeted therapies, and develop innovative imaging modalities for improving patient care. Our research spans the spectrum, from fundamental biomarker identification for molecular imaging to the development of new diagnostic and theranostic probes and image acquisition and data processing methods.
Program Aims
- Develop targeted agents to reveal key aspects of cancer biology that can be leveraged to facilitate diagnosis and guide therapy.
- Generate enabling quantitative technologies that can transform patient diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring.
Program Members
Abhinav Acharya, PhD
Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Associate Professor in Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: abhinav.acharya@case.edu
Mehdi Alilou, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mxa574@case.edu
Nima Almassi, MD
Department of UrologyCleveland ClinicMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Amanda Amin, MD
Associate ProfessorSurgical OncologyUniversity HospitalsMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: amanda.amin@uhhospitals.org
Caroline (Charlie) Androjna, PhD
Assistant StaffLerner Research Institute, Cleveland ClinicMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: androjc2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.409.6244
Chaitra Badve, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: chaitra.badve@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216-844-8109
James P. Basilion, PhD
Co-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: james.basilion@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3264
Atallah Baydoun, MD, PhD
Assistant ProfessorRadiation OncologyUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: atallah.baydoun@case.edu
Michael Bergen, MD
Associate Staff PhysicianDepartment of RadiologyCleveland ClinicClinical Assistant ProfessorSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: bergenm@ccf.org
Ari Blitz, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: Ari.Blitz@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8109
Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, PhD
Sally S. Morley Designated Professor of Brain Tumor ResearchSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Molecular Biology and MicrobiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of NeurosciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineProfessorDivision of General Medical Sciences - OncologyMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: susann.brady-kalnay@case.edu
Phone: 216-368-0330
Rui Cao, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: ruicao@case.edu
Samuel T. Chao, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: chaos@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.7876
Yong Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: yong.chen2@case.edu
Fang Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineMemberVisual Sciences Research CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: fxc269@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0357
Frank DiFilippo, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: difilif@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.9378
Jennifer Dorth, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Judith Drazba, PhD
Assistant ProfessorCellular and Molecular MedicineLerner Research Institute, Cleveland ClinicMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: drazbaj@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.3760
Christine Duval
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: christine.duval@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.8613
Agata A. Exner, PhD
Henry Willson Payne ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineVice Chair of Basic ResearchDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringDirectorCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchCo-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterAssociate DirectorMedical Scientist Training ProgramSchool of MedicineEmail: agata.exner@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6727
Chris A. Flask, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyPediatricsBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineAssociate DirectorMedical Scientist Training ProgramSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: christopher.flask@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.4963
William Grissom, PhD
Medtronic Professor of Biomedical Discovery and InnovationSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: wag57@case.edu
Mark Griswold, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mark.griswold@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8085
Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: amit.gupta@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5330
Lauren E. Henke, MD, MS
Associate ProfessorRadiation OncologyUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: lauren.henke@uhhospitals.org
Michael Jenkins, PhD
ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: michael.jenkins@case.edu
Brandon Jonard, MD
Assistant ProfessorOrthopaedic SurgeryUniversity HospitalsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Efstathios (Stathis) Karathanasis, PhD
Associate ChairDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: efstathios.karathanasis@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4617
Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD
Vice Chair of InnovationDepartment of RadiologyUH Cleveland Medical CenterRadiologistAbdominal ImagingUH Cleveland Medical CenterAssociate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: Leonardo.KayatBittencourt@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.286.3249
Shlomo Koyfman, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: koyfmas@ccf.org
Vijay Krishna, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: krishnv2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.5966
Jonathan Lee, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve UniversityMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: leej13@ccf.org
Zhenghong Lee, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringCo-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: zhenghong.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.7920
Shuo Li, PhD
Leonard Case, Jr. Professorship in Engineering at Case Western Reserve UniversityBiomedical EngineeringProfessorDepartment of Computer and Data SciencesCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: shuo.li11@case.edu
Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD
Faculty DirectorCase School of EngineeringM. Frank and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Lan Lu, PhD
Assistant ProfessorRadiation OncologyCleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer InstituteMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: lul@ccf.org
David B. Mansur, MD
ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: david.mansur@UHhospitals.org
Raymond F. Muzic, Jr., PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorOncologySchool of MedicineScientific DirectorQuantitative Imaging LaboratorySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: raymond.muzic@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0727
Donna Plecha, MD, FSBI
ChairDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterTheodore J. Castele ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineEmail: donna.plecha@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216-983-4829
Lee E. Ponsky, MD
ProfessorDepartment of UrologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: lee.ponsky@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.4831
Andrew Rollins, PhD
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1917
Robert G. Salomon, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of ChemistryCollege of Arts and SciencesProfessorDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual SciencesSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: rgs@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2592
Eli Scher, DO
Radiation OncologistUniversity Hospitals Seidman Cancer CenterAssistant ProfessorSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: eli.scher@uhhospitals.org
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
Wallace R. Persons ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: anirban.sengupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Faezeh Sodagari, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyUniversity HospitalsMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: faezeh.sodagari@case.edu
Emily Steinhagen, MD
Associate ProfessorSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer Center
Giuseppe Strangi , PhD
Professor and Ohio Research Scholar in Surfaces of Advanced MaterialsDepartment of PhysicsCollege of Arts and SciencesMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: gxs284@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6918
Jeffrey Sunshine, MD, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Neurological SurgerySchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NeurologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: jeffrey.sunshine@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216-983-4829
Sidhartha Tavri, MD
Assistant ProfessorDivision of Interventional RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: Sidhartha.Tavri@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.3363
Sree Harsha Tirumani, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of MedicineDirectorAbdominal Imaging FellowshipUH Cleveland Medical CenterMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: SreeHarsha.Tirumani@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8140
Satish E. Viswanath, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterCo-LeaderCCCC Machine Learning Working GroupCo-DirectorCenter for AI Enabling Discovery in Disease Biology (AID2B)School of MedicineEmail: satish.viswanath@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3888
Horst A. von Recum, PhD
Executive Vice ChairCase School of EngineeringProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: horst.vonrecum@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5513
Ethan Walker, PhD
Senior Research AssociateDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: ethan.walker@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3256
Xinning Wang, PhD
Research Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: xinning.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3254
Yanming Wang, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineSecondary FacultyDepartment of ChemistryCollege of Arts and SciencesDirectorDepartment of Radiopharmaceutical DivisionSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: yanming.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3288
Christopher Weight, MD, PhD, MS
MemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: weightc@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.0351
David L. Wilson, PhD
Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and RadiologyProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: david.wilson@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4099
Liangqi Xie, PhD
Assistant StaffCancer BiologyLerner Research Institute, Cleveland ClinicMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: xiel2@ccf.org
Murat Yildirim, PhD
Assistant StaffDepartment of NeurosciencesCleveland ClinicMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: yildirm2@ccf.org