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 MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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
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 MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: james.basilion@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3264
Brecken Blackburn, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: brecken.blackburn@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0609
Ari Blitz, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: Ari.Blitz@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8109
Rasim Boyacioglu, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: rasim.boyacioglu@case.edu
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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: ruicao@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
Yong Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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
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
Navid Faraji, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of AnatomySchool of MedicineAssociate Program DirectorDiagnostic Radiology ResidencyUH Cleveland Medical CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: navid.faraji@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.1542
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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: christopher.flask@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.4963
Robert Gilkeson, BA, MD
Department of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: robert.gilkeson@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.5330
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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: wag57@case.edu
Mark Griswold, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: amit.gupta@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.5330
Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchDaniel Herzka, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: dah189@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8171
Ammar Hoori, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: ammar.hoori@case.edu
Phone: 804.551.7315
Michael Jenkins, PhD
ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: Leonardo.KayatBittencourt@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.286.3249
Maryse Lapierre-Landry, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchZhenghong Lee, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringCo-LeaderCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: zhenghong.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.7920
Juhwan Lee, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: juhwan.lee@case.edu
Phone: 216.258.3527
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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0187
Holly Marshall, BS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: holly.marshall@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.5330
Debra McGivney, PhD
Associate ChairCase School of EngineeringAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: debra.mcgivney@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.6248
Inas Mohamed, MS, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchRaymond 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: raymond.muzic@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.0727
Ameya Nayate, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: ameya.nayate@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8109
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 MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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
Leonard Case Jr. Professor of EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: andrew.rollins@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1917
James Seckler, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: james.seckler@case.edu
Phone: 216.375.2528
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
Wallace R. Persons ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: anirban.sengupta@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4564
Anuj Sharma, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: anuj.sharma3@case.edu
Faezeh Sodagari, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyUniversity HospitalsMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: faezeh.sodagari@case.edu
Giuseppe Strangi , PhD
Professor and Ohio Research Scholar in Surfaces of Advanced MaterialsDepartment of PhysicsCollege of Arts and SciencesMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: 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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: jeffrey.sunshine@uhhospitals.org
Phone: 216-983-4829
Sree Harsha Tirumani, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyCase Western Reserve UniversitySchool of MedicineDirectorAbdominal Imaging FellowshipUH Cleveland Medical CenterMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: SreeHarsha.Tirumani@UHhospitals.org
Phone: 216.844.8140
Zhong Irene Wang, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of NeurologyCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve UniversityMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchXinning Wang, PhD
Research Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: xinning.wang@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.3254
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 CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: david.wilson@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4099
Chunying Wu, BA, PhD
InstructorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: chunying.wu@case.edu
Phone: 216.983.4235
Murat Yildirim, PhD
Assistant StaffDepartment of NeurosciencesCleveland ClinicMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: yildirm2@ccf.org
Xin Yu, ScD
F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Physiology and BiophysicsSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: xin.yu@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.3918
Minzhong Yu, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual SciencesCleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve UniversityMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: minzhong.yu@case.edu
Mei Zhang, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberImmune Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchEmail: mei.zhang2@case.edu
Phone: 216-368-6744