Faculty

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 Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: salim-tamuz.abboud@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.3363

  • Kianoush Ansari-Gilani, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: kianoush.ansarigilani@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.5330

  • Nami Azar, MD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: nami.azar@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.3363

  • 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 P. Basilion, PhD

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

    Email: james.basilion@case.edu

    Phone: 216.983.3264

  • Brecken Blackburn, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: brecken.blackburn@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0609

  • 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

  • Rasim Boyacioglu, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: rasim.boyacioglu@case.edu

  • 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, PhD

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

    Email: ruicao@case.edu

  • Fang Chen, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Pharmacology
    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

  • 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

  • Jon Davidson, MS, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: jon.davidson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.3363

  • 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

    Email: agata.exner@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6727

  • Navid Faraji, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Anatomy
    School of Medicine
    Associate Program Director
    Diagnostic Radiology Residency
    UH Cleveland Medical Center
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: navid.faraji@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.1542

  • Chris A. Flask, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    Pediatrics
    Biomedical Engineering
    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

  • Robert Gilkeson, BA, MD

    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: robert.gilkeson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.5330

  • William Grissom, PhD

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

    Email: wag57@case.edu

  • 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

  • Bianca Guedes Ribeiro, MD, MSc

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: Bianca.GuedesRibeiro@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.3363

  • 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: 216.844.5330

  • Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: ana.hernandezreynoso@case.edu

  • Daniel Herzka, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: dah189@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8171

  • Ammar Hoori, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: ammar.hoori@case.edu

    Phone: 804.551.7315

  • Michael Jenkins, PhD

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

    Email: michael.jenkins@case.edu

  • David Jordan, BS, MS, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: david.w.jordan@case.edu

  • Efstathios (Stathis) Karathanasis, PhD

    Associate Chair
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering, School of Medicine
    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, 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

  • Maryse Lapierre-Landry, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: maryse.lapierre-landry@case.edu

  • Zhenghong Lee, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Associate 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

  • Juhwan Lee, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: juhwan.lee@case.edu

    Phone: 216.258.3527

  • 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, PhD

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

    Email: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0187

  • Holly Marshall, BS, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: holly.marshall@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.5330

  • Debra McGivney, PhD

    Associate Chair
    Case School of Engineering
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: debra.mcgivney@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6248

  • Inas Mohamed, MS, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

  • Raymond F. Muzic, Jr., PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    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

  • Ameya Nayate, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: ameya.nayate@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8109

  • 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

  • Nikhil Ramaiya, MD

    Clinical Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine

    Email: nikhil.ramaiya@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.8140

  • Andrew Rollins, PhD

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

    Email: andrew.rollins@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1917

  • James Seckler, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: james.seckler@case.edu

    Phone: 216.375.2528

  • Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD

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

    Email: anirban.sengupta@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4564

  • Anuj Sharma, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: anuj.sharma3@case.edu

  • 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

  • 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

  • Jeffrey Sunshine, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurological Surgery
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Neurology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: jeffrey.sunshine@uhhospitals.org

    Phone: 216-983-4829

  • 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

  • Zhong Irene Wang, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Neurology
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

  • 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

  • David L. Wilson, PhD

    Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    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

  • Chunying Wu, BA, PhD

    Instructor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: chunying.wu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.983.4235

  • 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

  • Xin Yu, ScD

    F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: xin.yu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3918

  • Minzhong Yu, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: minzhong.yu@case.edu

  • Mei Zhang, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Immune Oncology Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member
    CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: mei.zhang2@case.edu

    Phone: 216-368-6744