Program Themes
- Utilize imaging agents to study cancer pathogenesis and develop cancer-targeting therapeutics
- Codify quantifiable imaging metrics to study cancer biology and improve cancer treatments
- Translate novel imaging methodologies to patient care
Program Information
The overarching goal of the Cancer Imaging Program is to utilize imaging for basic discoveries of carcinogenic mechanisms and therapeutic development that will translate into improved patient care.
To provide structure and promote cohesion within the larger program, investigators are organized into four scientific focus areas that address key questions in cancer research and reflect specific areas of expertise of the Program's membership.
- Imaging of the Tumor Microenvironment: This focus group engages members who study the cancer microenvironment with the goal of identifying new markers and paradigms for drug targeting or cancer detection. This includes development of tools to assess the extent of tumor cell migration into surrounding host tissues for clinical assessment of disease dissemination.
- Image-Guided Therapies: Members of this focus group develop novel approaches for monitoring cancer treatment and evaluating efficacy in vivo and ultimately in patients. These efforts range from clever utilization of conventional imaging tools for rapid clinical translation to developing targeted imaging agents and the tools for assessing drug delivery.
- Nanotechnology for Imaging and Drug Delivery: Members of this focus group develop nanodevices that impact many aspects of cancer imaging and treatment such as gene transfer and drug delivery. Efforts in this group include utilization of metallic nanoparticles to specifically deliver contrast agents to disease sites.
- Stem Cell Imaging: This focus group utilizes imaging approaches to study the biology of stem cells in vivo, for instance in the therapeutic setting, and to observe cancer stem cells. Members investigate the interactions between stem cells and their microenvironment and have developed imaging techniques to track stem cell homing, engraftment, proliferation, and differentiation.
Program Members
Norbert Avril, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyDivision of Nuclear MedicineSchool of MedicineResearch ScholarDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: norbert.avril@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3363
Chaitra Badve, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: chaitra.badve@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8140
James P. Basilion, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCase School of EngineeringProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineDirectorCase Center for Imaging ResearchCo-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: james.basilion@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3264
Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular Biology and MicrobiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of NeurosciencesSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: smb4@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0330
Samuel T. Chao, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: chaos@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.7876
Valdir C. Colussi, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterFrank 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 CenterAgata A. Exner, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringAssociate DirectorMedical Scientist Training ProgramSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: agata.exner@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6727
Chris A. Flask, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringDirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: caf@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.4963
Mark Griswold, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mark.griswold@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8085
Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: amit.gupta@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5330
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James W. Jacobberger, PhD
Professor EmeritusCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterConsultantCytometry and Microscopy Shared ResourceCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: james.jacobberger@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4645
Andrew Janowczyk, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.janowczyk@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5090
Efstathios (Stathis) Karathanasis, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringAssociate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stathis@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4617
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 MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: krishnv2@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.5966
Vinod Labhasetwar, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: labhasv@ccf.org
Phone: 216.445.9364
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
Cheng Lu, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: cxl884@case.edu
Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: zxl125@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Dan Ma, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase Western Reserve UniversityAssistant ProfessorCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: dan.ma@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.5935
Anant Madabhushi, PhD
Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of UrologySchool of MedicineDirectorCenter for Computational Imaging and Personalized DiagnosticsCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: anant.madabhushi@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.8519
David B. Mansur, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of PediatricsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: david.mansur@UHhospitals.org
Gordon McLennan, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mclenng@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.6124
Raymond F. Muzic, Jr., PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringScientific DirectorQuantitative Imaging LaboratorySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: raymond.muzic@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3543
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
Tarun Podder, PhD, CEng, DABR, CRE
ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineDirector. Physics Residency ProgramDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: tarun.podder@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.2580
Andrew Rollins, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1017
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
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: axs262@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Rakesh Shiradkar, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: rxs558@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3502
Andrew E. Sloan, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of ResearchDepartment of Neurological SurgerySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineMemberDevelopmental Therapeutics ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.sloan@UHhospitals.org
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: 216.844.8140
Sidhartha Tavri, MD
Assistant ProfessorDivision of Interventional RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: Sidhartha.Tavri@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.3363
Pallavi Tiwari, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: pxt130@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0177
Bryan J. Traughber, MD
Medical DirectorQuantitative Imaging LaboratoryCase Center for Imaging ResearchSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: bryan.traughber@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.2558
Satish Viswanath, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCase School of EngineeringAssistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: satish.viswanath@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3888
Horst A. von Recum, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: horst.vonrecum@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5513
Ethan Walker, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: yvv@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3256
Xinning Wang, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: xxw171@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.4848
Yanming Wang, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineSecondary FacultyDepartment of ChemistryCollege of Arts and SciencesDirectorDepartment of Radiopharmaceutical DivisionCase Center for Imaging ResearchSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: yanming.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3288
David L. Wilson, PhD
Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: dlw@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4099
Min Yao, MD, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Radiation OncologySchool of MedicineChairCommittee on Appointments and PromotionsSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: min.yao@UHhospitals.org