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Meet associated faculty from Case School of Engineering and the School of Medicine who support the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

  • Ozan Akkus headshot

    Ozan Akkus, PhD

    OMEGA Principal Investigator
    Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: ozan.akkus@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4175

  • Eben Alsberg

    Richard and Loan Hill Chair Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago

    Email: ealsberg@uic.edu

  • Ken Baker

    Associate Staff & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine, CCLCM-ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

    Email: bakerk6@ccf.org

  • Harihara Baskaran headshot

    Harihara Baskaran, PhD

    OMEGA In Vitro Thrust Leader
    Department Chair
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: harihara.baskaran@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1029

  • Jonathan Baskin

    Jonathan Baskin, MD

    Associate Professor
    School of Medicine
    ENT-Head & Neck Surgeon
    Department of Otolaryngology
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Email: jonathan.baskin@case.edu

    Phone: 216.791.3800 ext. 5152

  • Niloy Bhadra

    Niloy Bhadra, MD, PhD

    Staff Scientist
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    MetroHealth System
    Associate Professor
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    School of Medicine
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Investigator
    Cleveland FES Center

    Email: niloy.bhadra@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.3802

  • Martin Bocks

    Associate Professor, School of Medicine, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

    Email: Martin.Bocks@uhhospitals.org

  • Kath Bogie

    Kath Bogie

    Associate Professor
    Department of Orthopaedics
    School of Medicine

    Email: kath.bogie@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5270

  • Portrait of Dennis Bourbeau

    Dennis Bourbeau, PhD

    Staff Scientist
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    MetroHealth Systems
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    MetroHealth System
    School of Medicine

    Email: dennis.bourbeau@case.edu

  • Scott Bruder

    Scott P. Bruder

    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Founder and CEO
    Bruder Consulting & Venture Group

    Email: scott.p.bruder@case.edu

  • Richard Burgess

    Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

    Email: burgesr@ccf.org

  • Image of headshot of Arnold Caplan

    Arnold I. Caplan, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Biology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Director
    Center for Modular Manufacturing of Structural Tissues
    Member
    Immune Oncology Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: arnold.caplan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3562

  • Cenk Cavusoglu

    Cenk Cavusoglu

    Professor
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: murat.cavusoglu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4479

  • Portrait of John Chae

    John Chae, MD

    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Neural Engineering Center
    Case School of Engineering
    Vice President
    Research and Sponsored Programs
    MetroHealth System
    Co-Director
    MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute
    MetroHealth System
    Professor and Chair
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    MetroHealth System
    School of Medicine

    Email: jchae@metrohealth.org

    Phone: 216.957.3623

  • Image of Hillel Chiel

    Hillel Chiel, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Biology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor
    Department of Neurosciences
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Neural Engineering Center
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: hillel.chiel@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3846

  • Andy Cornwell headshot

    Andrew Cornwell, PhD

    Associate Director
    Biomedical Engineering
    Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Director
    Case-Cleveland Incubator in the Office of Strategic Partnerships

    Email: andrew.cornwell@case.edu

  • Isabelle Deschenes

    Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State University College of Medicine

    Email: Isabelle.Deschenes@osumc.edu

  • Portrait of Mohamed S. Draz

    Mohamed S. Draz, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Medicine
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Cleveland Clinic and Case School of Engineering
    Member Population and Cancer Prevention Program Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: mohamed.draz@case.edu

  • William Dupps

    Professor, Opthamology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Email: bjdupps@outlook.com

  • Evon Ereifej

    Evon Ereifej, PhD

    Scientific Review Officer
    NIH - The National Institutes of Health
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Neurology/Biomedical Engineering
    University of Michigan

    Email: evon.ereifej@case.edu

    Phone: 734.769.7100

  • Agata Exner headshot

    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
    ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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

  • Portrait of Chris Flask

    Chris A. Flask, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Radiology
    Pediatrics
    Biomedical Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Co-Director
    Imaging Research Core
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: christopher.flask@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.4963

  • Roger French

    Roger H. French, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: roger.french@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3655

  • Michael Fu headshot

    Michael Fu, PhD, MS, BS

    Associate Professor
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: michael.j.fu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0355

  • Mark Griswold, PhD

    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

    Email: mark.griswold@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8085

  • Vikas Gulani

    Fred Jenner Hodges Professor and Chair, Radiology, University of Michigan - Michigan Medicine

    Email: vikasgulani@med.umich.edu

  • Amit Gupta, MBBS

    Amit Gupta, MBBS, MD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: amit.gupta@UHhospitals.org

    Phone: 216.844.5330

  • Headshot of Dr. Umut Gurkan. Slightly turned to one side with a half-smile. White collared shirt, red tie, blue jacket.

    Umut Gurkan, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    Population and Cancer Prevention Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: umut.gurkan@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6447

  • Elizabeth Hardin

    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

    Email: ehardin@fescenter.org

  • Allison Hess-Dunning

    Allison Hess-Dunning, PhD

    Research Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Research Investigator
    Department of Veterans Affairs
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Email: allison.hess@case.edu

  • Alex Huang headshot

    Alex Y.C. Huang, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Pediatrics
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Co-Leader
    Immune Oncology Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Director
    Medical Scientist Training Program
    School of Medicine

    Email: alex.y.huang@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1271

  • Joseph Jankowski

    Joseph Jankowski, PhD, MBA

    Senior Advisor for Innovation and Economic Development
    Office of the Senior Vice President for Research
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    Adjunct Professor
    Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: joseph.jankowski@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1542

  • Image of Fehmida Kapadia.

    Fehmida Kapadia, PhD

    Adjunct Professor
    Weatherhead School of Management

    Email: fehmida.kapadia@case.edu

  • Michael Keith

    Michael Keith, MD

    Orthopedist
    Department of Orthopaedics
    MetroHealth Medical Center
    Professor
    Orthopaedic Surgery
    School of Medicine

    Email: michael.keith@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.4399

  • Kevin Kilgore

    Kevin Kilgore, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Orthopaedics
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    MetroHealth Medical Center
    School of Medicine
    Staff Scientist
    Department of Orthopaedics
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    MetroHealth Medical Center
    Biomedical Engineer
    Research Services
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
    Investigator
    Cleveland FES Center

    Email: kevin.kilgore@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.3801

  • Kandice Kottke Marchant

    Professor and Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Email: marchak@ccf.org

  • Nicola Lai

    Associate Professor, University of Cagliari Mechanical, Chemical, and Materials Engineering

    Email: nicola.lai@unica.it

  • Mary J. Laughlin

    Founder and Medical Director, Cleveland Cord Blood Center

    Email: mlaughlin@clevelandcordblood.org

  • Kenneth R. Laurita

    Kenneth Laurita

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

    Email: kenneth.laurita@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.7340

  • Seungyup Lee

    Seungyup Lee, PhD

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

    Email: seungyup.lee@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5803

  • Zhenghong Lee headshot

    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

    Email: zhenghong.lee@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.7920

  • Yajuan Li

    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

    Email: yli@ptheranostics.com

  • Kenneth A. Loparo

    Kenneth A. Loparo, PhD

    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: kenneth.loparo@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4115

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    Dan Ma, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering, School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: dan.ma@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.5935

  • Photo of Andrei Maiseyeu

    Andrei Maiseyeu , PhD

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

    Email: Andrei.Maiseyeu@case.edu

  • Paul Marasco

    Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: marascp2@ccf.org

  • John McDaniel

    Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, Kent State University

    Email: jmcdani5@kent.edu

  • Mehran Mehregany

    Mehran Mehregany

    Professor
    Electrical
    Computer
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: mehran.mehregany@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0755

  • Pedram Mohseni headshot

    Pedram Mohseni, PhD, MS, BS

    Department Chair
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: pedram.mohseni@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5263

  • Matthew Moorman

    Matthew Moorman, MD, MBA

    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Surgery
    University Hospitals Health System

    Email: matthew.moorman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8088

  • Headshot of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Professor Raymond Muzic

    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

    Email: raymond.muzic@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0727

  • Aaron Nelson

    Aaron Nelson

    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Chief Medical Officer
    MIM Software Inc.

    Email: aaron.nelson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.455.0600

  • Marc Penn

    Professor of Integrative Medical Sciences and Internal Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University

    Email: mpenn2@neomed.edu

  • Image of headshot of Tarun Podder

    Tarun Podder, PhD, CEng, DABR, CRE

    Professor
    Department of Radiation Oncology
    School of Medicine
    Director. Physics Residency Program
    Department of Radiation Oncology
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: tarun.podder@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.2580

  • Image of Julie Renner

    Julie Renner, BS, PhD

    Dean's Fellow
    Case School of Engineering
    Associate Professor
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    P. Anne Hiltner, PhD and Debra L. Wilfong, PhD Designated Professor in Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: julie.renner@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2905

  • Clare Rimnac

    Clare Rimnac

    Distinguished Professor Emerita
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: clare.rimnac@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6442

  • Todd Ritzman

    Surgeon and chair, Department of Orthopedics, Akron Children’s Hospital

    Email: tritzman@akronchildrens.org

  • Akhil Saklecha

    Akhil Saklecha

    Life Science Partner, Cleveland Clinic Ventures and Cleveland Diagnostics

    Email: sakleca@ccf.org

  • Ahlam Salameh

    Ahlam Salameh

    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Adjunct Instructor
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics
    School of Medicine
    Investigator
    Cleveland FES Center

    Email: Ahlam.salameh@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6854

  • Nicole Seiberlich

    Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan

    Email: Nse@med.umich.edu

  • Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PhD

    Aasef G. Shaikh, MD, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Neurology
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    School of Medicine
    Vice Chairman for Research
    Department of Neurology
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Penni and Stephen Weinberg Chair in Brain Health
    Department of Neurology
    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Director
    National VA Parkinson Consortium Center
    Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

    Email: aasef.shaikh@case.edu

  • Steve Schomisch

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Surgery
    School of Medicine

    Email: steve.schomisch@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6611

  • Robert Ssekitoleko

    Lecturer and Head of Biomedical Engineering, Makerere University College of Health Sciences

    Email: rsseki@gmail.com

  • Dawn Taylor

    Dawn Taylor, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø

    Email: dawn.taylor@case.edu

  • Jeffrey Ustin

    Assistant Professor, General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Email: jeffrey.ustin@case.edu

  • Antonie van den Bogert

    Professor and Parker-Hannifin Endowed Chair in Human Motion and Control, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cleveland State University

    Email: bogert@orchardkinetics.com

  • Tina Vrabec

    Tina Vrabec, PhD

    Adjunct Assistant Professor
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
    School of Medicine
    Staff Scientist
    MetroHealth Medical Center

    Email: tina.vrabec@case.edu

    Phone: 440.749.7628

  • Albert L. Waldo

    Albert L. Waldo

    Professor
    School of Medicine
    Cardiologist
    Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
    University Hospitals Health System

    Email: albert.waldo@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.7690

  • Russell Wang

    Russell Wang, DDS, MSD

    Professor
    Department of Comprehensive Care
    School of Dental Medicine

    Email: russell.wang@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6716

  • Gary Wnek

    Gary Wnek

    Department Chair
    Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: gary.wnek@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3116

  • Xiong Yu headshot

    Xiong (Bill) Yu, PhD

    Department Chair
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor
    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: xiong.yu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6247

  • Dr. Nicholas P. Ziats

    Nicholas P. Ziats, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Pathology
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Anatomy
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine

    Email: nicholas.ziats@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5176

  • Chris Zorman headshot

    Chris Zorman

    Senior Associate Dean
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering

    Email: christian.zorman@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6117

  • Fredy Zypman

    Fredy Zypman

    Adjunct Professor
    Department of Physics
    College of Arts and Sciences
    Professor & Chairman
    Yeshiva University

    Email: fredy.zypman-niechonski@case.edu

    Phone: 212.960.5332