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: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.3363
Kianoush Ansari-Gilani, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.3363
Nami Azar, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.3363
Chaitra Badve, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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 MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.983.3264
Ari Blitz, MD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.8109
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216-368-0330
Rui Cao, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Fang Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineMemberVisual Sciences Research CenterMemberCWRU Center for Imaging ResearchMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.0357
Yong Chen, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Jon Davidson, MS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.6727
Navid Faraji, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of AnatomySchool of MedicineAssociate Program DirectorDiagnostic Radiology ResidencyUH Cleveland Medical CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.1542
Chris A. Flask, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyPediatricsBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineCo-DirectorImaging Research CoreSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.4963
Robert Gilkeson, BA, MD
Department of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
Mark Griswold, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.8085
Bianca Guedes Ribeiro, MD, MSc
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.3363
Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.5330
Daniel Herzka, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.8171
Ammar Hoori, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 804.551.7315
Michael Jenkins, PhD
ProfessorBiomedical EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
David Jordan, BS, MS, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.7920
Juhwan Lee, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringEmail: [email protected]
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.0187
Holly Marshall, BS, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.5330
Debra McGivney, PhD
Associate ChairCase School of EngineeringAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.6248
Raymond 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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.0727
Ameya Nayate, MD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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 MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216-983-4829
Nikhil Ramaiya, MD
Clinical Associate ProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.1917
Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD
Wallace R. Persons ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4564
Anuj Sharma, PhD
Research Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Faezeh Sodagari, MD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of RadiologyUniversity HospitalsMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.3888
Xinning Wang, PhD
Research Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
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 CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4099
Chunying Wu, BA, PhD
InstructorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.983.4235
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 MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.3918
Mei Zhang, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineMemberImmune Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216-368-6744