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Patrick Wojtylak, UH Nuclear Medicine, received the SNMMI-TS Professional Development Award and the Center of Excellence Award (COE) at the SNMMI 2026 in Los Angeles.

The paper, Foam Fortification: Effect of Perfluorocarbon Gases on the Stability of Sclerosing Agent Foams, by authors Agata Exner, PhD; Salim Abboud, MD; Amir Rahnemai-Azar, MD; Felipe Berg; and Henry Ruhl, received a Distinguished laboratory investigation award from the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

Dr. James Basilion's lab is developing and continuously refining imaging agents to better target cancer biomarkers for diagnostic imaging and surgical guidance. 

Congratulations to Dr. Irene Wang on promotion to full professor of neurology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CWRU. The focus of Dr. Wang’s research is to advance surgical treatment of MRI-negative (nonlesional) epilepsy patients through novel imaging and neurophysiology techniques.

PhD student Kartik Lakhotiya was recently awarded a VeloSano Graduate Student Grant for the project, “Defining therapy induced remodeling of the HLA class I immunopeptidome in AML models.”

CCIR is pleased to partner with the UH/CWRU Department of Radiology's membership in the Academy. In March, Katherine Gullett and Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Innovation and Professor, Radiology, attended the Academy's annual spring events and meetings in Washington, D.C.

The goal of this project is to develop innovative biomarkers using contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging that can quickly and quantitatively assess vascular leakiness in tumors. Dr. Agata Exner is project PI with co-Investigators Dr. Rui Cao and Dr. Bill Schiemann.

Dr. Donna Plecha, Chair of Radiology, University Hospitals, received the 2026 Impact Award from the National Consortium of Breast Centers at their Cleveland meeting. Congratulations, Dr. Plecha!