Meet the Faculty
CWRU Center for Imaging Research (CCIR) faculty come from diverse fields, have a rich, collaborative culture and encourage serendipity of discovery. This long history of teamwork exists between researchers from broad scientific areas, including: pharmacology, cancer biology, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering and material engineering, as well as physicians (including radiologists, surgeons, urologists, and oncologists).
Salim Abboud, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: salim-tamuz.abboud@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3363
Kianoush Ansari-Gilani, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: kianoush.ansarigilani@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5330
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
Nami Azar, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: nami.azar@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3363
Chaitra Badve, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: chaitra.badve@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8140
James P. Basilion, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of RadiologyCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineCo-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: james.basilion@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3264
Ari Blitz, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: Ari.Blitz@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8140
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
Rui Cao, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineEmail: ruicao@case.edu
Yong Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: yong.chen2@case.edu
Jon Davidson, MS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: jon.davidson@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3363
Agata A. Exner, PhD
Vice Chair of Basic ResearchDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringCo-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterAssociate DirectorMedical Scientist Training ProgramSchool of MedicineDirectorCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: agata.exner@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6727
Navid Faraji, MD
Clinical Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of AnatomyAssociate Program DirectorDiagnostic Radiology ResidencyUH Cleveland Medical CenterEmail: navid.faraji@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.1542
Chris A. Flask, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyPediatricsBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: christopher.flask@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.4963
Robert Gilkeson, BA, MD
Department of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: robert.gilkeson@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.5330
William Grissom, PhD
ProfessorDepartment 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
Bianca Guedes Ribeiro, MD, MSc
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: Bianca.GuedesRibeiro@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.3363
Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: amit.gupta@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5330
Daniel Herzka, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: dah189@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8171
Ammar Hoori, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringEmail: ammar.hoori@case.edu
Phone: 804.551.7315
Michael Jenkins, PhD
Associate ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: michael.jenkins@case.edu
David Jordan, BS, MS, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: david.w.jordan@case.edu
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
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
Juhwan Lee, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringEmail: juhwan.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.258.3527
Shuo Li, PhD
ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineProfessorComputer Data ScienceCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: shuo.li11@case.edu
Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineM. Frank Rudy and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Dan Ma, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: dan.ma@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.5935
Holly Marshall, BS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: holly.marshall@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.5330
Douglas Martin, MD, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: Douglas.Martin@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844-8140
Debra McGivney, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineEmail: debra.mcgivney@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6248
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: 216.368.0727
Ameya Nayate, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: ameya.nayate@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8140
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
Nikhil Ramaiya, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: nikhil.ramaiya@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8140
Andrew Rollins, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1917
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: anirban.sengupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Anuj Sharma, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringEmail: axs3147@case.edu
Faezeh Sodagari, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyUniversity HospitalsMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: faezeh.sodagari@case.edu
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
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
Xinning Wang, PhD
Research Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: xinning.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.4848
David L. Wilson, PhD
Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: david.wilson@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4099
Chunying Wu, BA, PhD
InstructorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: chunying.wu@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.4235
Xin Yu, ScD
F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Physiology and BiophysicsSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: xin.yu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3918
Mei Zhang, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberImmune Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mei.zhang2@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.3098