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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: 216.844.8140

  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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

  • 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
    Strategic Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Research & Technology Management

    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, 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: 216.844.8140

  • 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

    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: 216.844.8140

  • Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso, PhD

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

    Email: ammar.hoori@case.edu

    Phone: 804.551.7315

  • 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

  • David Jordan, BS, MS, PhD

    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine

    Email: david.w.jordan@case.edu

  • 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, 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
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: maryse.lapierre-landry@case.edu

  • 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

  • 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
    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 for Undergraduate Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
    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
    Member, Immune Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: mei.zhang2@case.edu

    Phone: 216-368-6744