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Cancer Imaging

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

    Abhinav Acharya, PhD

    Associate Chair for Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Elmer Lincoln Lindseth Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: abhinav.acharya@case.edu

  • Portrait of Mehdi Alilou wearing a dark button-up shirt

    Mehdi Alilou, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: mxa574@case.edu

  • Nima Almassi headshot

    Nima Almassi, MD

    Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • Amanda Amin headshot

    Amanda Amin, MD

    Associate Professor, Surgical Oncology, University Hospitals
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: amanda.amin@uhhospitals.org

  • Charlie Androjna headshot

    Caroline (Charlie) Androjna, PhD

    Assistant Staff, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: androjc2@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.409.6244

  • Portrait of Chaitra Badve, MD

    Chaitra Badve, MD

    Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: chaitra.badve@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216-844-8109

  • James Basilion headshot

    James P. Basilion, PhD

    Co-Leader, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: james.basilion@case.edu

    Phone: 216.983.3264

  • Atallah Baydoun headshot

    Atallah Baydoun, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: atallah.baydoun@case.edu

  • Michael Bergen headshot

    Michael Bergen, MD

    Associate Staff Physician, Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic
    Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: bergenm@ccf.org

  • Ari Blitz, MD

    Ari Blitz, MD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: Ari.Blitz@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.8109

  • portrait of Susann Brady-Kalnay

    Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, PhD

    Sally S. Morley Designated Professor of Brain Tumor Research, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Division of General Medical Sciences - Oncology
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: susann.brady-kalnay@case.edu

    Phone: 216-368-0330

  • Rui Cao

    Rui Cao, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: ruicao@case.edu

  • Portrait of Samuel Chao wearing dark suit, white shirt and tie.

    Samuel T. Chao, MD

    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: chaos@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.445.7876

  • Headshot Image of Dr. Fang Chen

    Fang Chen, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
    George J. Picha Professor in Biomaterials, School of Medicine
    Member, Visual Sciences Research Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: fxc269@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0357

  • headshot of Yong Chen

    Yong Chen, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Imaging Research Core, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: yong.chen2@case.edu

  • Frank DiFilippo

    Frank DiFilippo, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: difilif@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.445.9378

  • Jennifer Dorths profile picture.

    Jennifer Dorth, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: jennifer.dorth@UHhospitals.org

  • Judith Drazba

    Judith Drazba, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: drazbaj@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.445.3760

  • Christine Duval

    Christine Duval

    Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: christine.duval@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.8613

  • Agata Exner headshot

    Agata A. Exner, PhD

    Henry Willson Payne Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Vice Chair of Basic Research, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Director, CWRU Center for Imaging Research
    Co-Leader, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine
    Strategic Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Research & Technology Management

    Email: agata.exner@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6727

  • Portrait of Chris Flask

    Chris A. Flask, PhD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Co-Director, Imaging Research Core, School of Medicine
    Associate Director, Medical Scientist Training Program, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: christopher.flask@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.4963

  • William Grissom

    William Grissom, PhD

    Medtronic Professor of Biomedical Discovery and Innovation, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: wag57@case.edu

  • Mark Griswold, PhD

    Mark Griswold, PhD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: mark.griswold@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8085

  • Amit Gupta, MBBS

    Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD

    Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: amit.gupta@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.8140

  • Lauren Henke headshot

    Lauren E. Henke, MD, MS

    Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: lauren.henke@uhhospitals.org

  • Michael Jenkins

    Michael Jenkins, PhD

    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: michael.jenkins@case.edu

  • Brandon Jonard headshot

    Brandon Jonard, MD

    Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospitals, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • karathanasis-efstathios

    Efstathios (Stathis) Karathanasis, PhD

    Vice Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: efstathios.karathanasis@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4617

  • Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt headshot

    Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD

    Vice Chair of Innovation, Department of Radiology, UH Cleveland Medical Center
    Radiologist, Abdominal Imaging, UH Cleveland Medical Center
    Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: Leonardo.KayatBittencourt@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.286.3249

  • Shlomo Koyfman

    Shlomo Koyfman, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: koyfmas@ccf.org

  • Portrait of Vijay Krishna

    Vijay Krishna, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: krishnv2@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.445.5966

  • Jonathan Lee headshot

    Jonathan Lee, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: leej13@ccf.org

  • Zhenghong Lee headshot

    Zhenghong Lee, PhD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Co-Leader, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: zhenghong.lee@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.7920

  • Shuo Li headshot

    Shuo Li, PhD

    Leonard Case, Jr. Professorship in Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Biomedical Engineering
    Professor, Department of Computer and Data Sciences, Case School of Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: shuo.li11@case.edu

  • Zheng Rong Lu headshot

    Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD

    Faculty Director, Case School of Engineering
    M. Frank and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0187

  • Lan Lu headshot

    Lan Lu, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: lul@ccf.org

  • image of David B. Mansur

    David B. Mansur, MD

    Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: david.mansur@UHhospitals.org

  • Headshot of CWRU Professor Raymond Muzic

    Raymond F. Muzic, Jr., PhD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Professor, Oncology, School of Medicine
    Scientific Director, Quantitative Imaging Laboratory, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: raymond.muzic@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0727

  • Donna Plecha, MD

    Donna Plecha, MD, FSBI

    Chair, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Theodore J. Castele Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: donna.plecha@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216-983-4829

  • Portrait of Lee Ponsky

    Lee E. Ponsky, MD

    Professor, Department of Urology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: lee.ponsky@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.4831

  • andrew_rollins

    Andrew Rollins, PhD

    Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: andrew.rollins@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1917

  • Portrait of Robert Salomon

    Robert G. Salomon, PhD

    Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: rgs@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2592

  • Eli Scher headshot

    Eli Scher, DO

    Radiation Oncologist, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
    Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: eli.scher@uhhospitals.org

  • Anirban Sen Gupta

    Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD

    Wallace R. Persons Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: anirban.sengupta@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4564

  • Faezeh Sodagari headshot

    Faezeh Sodagari, MD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University Hospitals
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: faezeh.sodagari@case.edu

  • Emily Steinhagen headshot

    Emily Steinhagen, MD

    Associate Professor, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: emily.steinhagen@uhhospitals.org

  • Image of headshot of Giuseppe Strangi

    Giuseppe Strangi , PhD

    Professor and Ohio Research Scholar in Surfaces of Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: gxs284@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6918

  • Sree Harsha Tirumani, MD

    Sree Harsha Tirumani, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
    Director, Abdominal Imaging Fellowship, UH Cleveland Medical Center
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: SreeHarsha.Tirumani@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.8140

  • Image of headshot of Horst von Recum

    Horst A. von Recum, PhD

    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: horst.vonrecum@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5513

  • Ethan Walker, PhD

    Senior Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: ethan.walker@case.edu

    Phone: 216.983.3256

  • Photo of Xinning Wang, PhD

    Xinning Wang, PhD

    Research Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case School of Engineering
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: xinning.wang@case.edu

    Phone: 216.983.3254

  • Portrait of Christopher Weight

    Christopher Weight, MD, PhD, MS

    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: weightc@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.444.0351

  • Image of headshot of David Wilson

    David L. Wilson, PhD

    Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: david.wilson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4099

  • headshot of Liangqi Xie

    Liangqi Xie, PhD

    Assistant Staff, Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: xiel2@ccf.org

  • Murat Yildirim headshot

    Murat Yildirim, PhD

    Assistant Staff, Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: yildirm2@ccf.org