Primary Faculty

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

  • Abhinav Acharya

    Abhinav Acharya, PhD

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

    Email: abhinav.acharya@case.edu

  • Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye

    Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye, PhD

    Associate Chair
    Case School of Engineering
    Executive Vice Chair
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine

    Email: abidemi.ajiboye@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6814

  • Jay Alberts

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: albertj@ccf.org

  • Suneel Apte

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

  • James Basilion headshot

    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

    Email: james.basilion@case.edu

    Phone: 216.983.3264

  • Rui Cao

    Rui Cao, PhD

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

    Email: ruicao@case.edu

  • Portrait of Jeffrey Capadona

    Jeffrey Capadona, PhD

    Vice Provost for Innovation in Education
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Principal Investigator
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Capadona Lab
    Senior Research Career Scientist
    Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

    Email: jeffrey.capadona@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5486

  • Portrait of Hamid Charkhkar

    Hamid Charkhkar, PhD

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

    Email: hamid.charkhkar@case.edu

    Phone: 216.791.3800 ext. 62924

  • Patrick Crago

    Patrick Crago, PhD

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

    Email: patrick.crago@case.edu

  • Margot Damaser

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: damasem@ccf.org

  • Kathleen Derwin

    Department Vice Chair, Associate Staff, Biomedical Engineering

    Email: derwink@ccf.org

  • Colin Drummond

    Colin Drummond, PhD, MBA

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

    Email: colin.drummond@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6970

  • Dominique Durand

    Dominique M. Durand, PhD

    Director
    Neural Engineering Center
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Associate Chair
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Neurosciences
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Physiology and Biophysics
    School of Medicine

    Email: dominique.durand@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3974

  • Steven Eppell headshot

    Steven Eppell, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Nanoscale Orthopedic Biomaterials Laboratory - NOBL

    Email: steven.eppell@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4067

  • Ahmet Erdemir

    Associate Staff Director at Computational Biomodeling (CoBi) Core, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: erdemira@ccf.org

  • David Escobar

    Assistant Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: escobad2@ccf.org

  • Steve Fening

    Steve Fening, PhD

    Associate Vice President for Research
    Managing Director
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine

    Email: steve.fening@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2639

  • Aaron Fleischman

    Staff Scientist, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: fleisca@ccf.org

  • Chaitali Ghosh

    Staff Scientist, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: ghoshc@ccf.org

  • Emily Graczyk headshot

    Emily Graczyk, PhD

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

    Email: emily.graczyk@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5182

  • Linda Graham

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: linda.graham1@case.edu

  • Miklos Gratzl

    Miklos Gratzl, PhD

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

    Email: miklos.gratzl@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6589

  • William Grissom

    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

    Email: wag57@case.edu

  • Kenneth Gustafson headshot

    Kenneth J. Gustafson, PhD

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

    Email: kenneth.gustafson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.8626

  • Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso

    Ana G. Hernandez Reynoso, PhD

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

    Email: ana.hernandezreynoso@case.edu

  • Peter Hovmand

    Peter S. Hovmand, PhD, MSW

    Center Director
    Division of General Medical Sciences
    Center for Community Health Integration
    Pamela B. Davis MD PhD Professor of Medicine
    Center for Community Health Integration
    School of Medicine
    Professor of General Medical Sciences
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Secondary Faculty
    Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
    Secondary Faculty
    Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Population and Cancer Prevention Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: peter.hovmand@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5437

  • Michael Jenkins

    Michael Jenkins, PhD

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

    Email: michael.jenkins@case.edu

  • Karathanasis

    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

    Email: efstathios.karathanasis@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4617

  • Robert Kirsch

    Robert Kirsch, PhD

    Chair
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Executive Director
    Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center
    Allen H. and Constance T. Ford Professor
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine

    Email: robert.kirsch@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3158

  • Vijay Krishna

    Assistant Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: krishnv2@ccf.org

  • Labhasetwar

    Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Email: labhasv@ccf.org

  • Shuo Li headshot

    Shuo Li, PhD

    Professor
    Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Professor
    Department of Computer and Data Sciences
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: shuo.li11@case.edu

  • Xiaojuan Li

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: lix6@ccf.org

  • Zheng Rong Lu headshot

    Zheng-Rong Lu, PhD

    Faculty Director
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: zheng-rong.lu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0187

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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

  • Debra McGivney

    Debra McGivney, PhD

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

    Email: debra.mcgivney@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.6248

  • Paul Marasco

    Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: marascp2@ccf.org

  • Edward Maytin

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: edward.maytin@case.edu

  • Ronald Midura

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: midurar@ccf.org

  • Portrait of Michael Moffitt

    Michael Moffitt, PhD

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

    Email: michael.moffitt@case.edu

  • George Muschler

    Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: george.muschler@case.edu

  • Kunio Nakamura

    Research Scientist, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: nakamuk@ccf.org

  • Christopher Nguyen

    Director, Cardiovascular Innovation Research Center, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic

  • Luke Osborn

    Luke Osborn, PhD

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

    Email: luke.osborn@case.edu

  • P. Hunter Peckham

    P. Hunter Peckham, PhD

    Distinguished Professor Emeritus
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Associate Director of Technology Transfer
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Cleveland FES Center

    Email: p.peckham@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.3480

  • Ela Plow

    Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

    Email: plowe2@ccf.org

  • Christopher Pulliam

    Christopher Pulliam, PhD

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

    Email: christopher.pulliam@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3138

  • andrew_rollins

    Andrew Rollins, PhD

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

    Email: andrew.rollins@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1917

  • Carl Saab

    Founder and Scientific Director, Cleveland Clinic Consortium for Pain

    Email: saabc@ccf.org

  • Gerald Saidel

    Gerald Saidel, PhD

    Professor Emeritus
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Director
    Center for Modeling Integrated Metabolic Systems

    Email: gerald.saidel@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4066

  • Anirban Sen Gupta

    Anirban Sen Gupta, PhD

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

    Email: anirban.sengupta@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4564

  • Sam Senyo

    Sam Senyo, PhD

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

    Email: sam.senyo@case.edu

  • Portrait of Andrew Shoffstall

    Andrew Shoffstall, PhD

    Associate Chair
    Case School of Engineering
    Interim Faculty Director
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    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine

    Email: andrew.shoffstall@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1213

  • Portrait of Ronald J. Triolo

    Ronald J. Triolo, PhD

    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering, School of Medicine
    Executive Director
    Advanced Platform Technology Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs

    Email: ronald.triolo@case.edu

    Phone: 216.791.3800

  • Dustin Tyler headshot in suit jacket, tie and blue oxford shirt

    Dustin Tyler, PhD

    Director
    Human Fusions
    Director
    Functional Neural Interface Lab
    Associate Director
    Cleveland Advanced Platform for Technology
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine

    Email: dustin.tyler@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.0319

  • Geoffrey Vince

    Department Chair The Virginia Lois Kennedy Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Therapeutics

  • Satish Viswanath

    Satish E. Viswanath, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Radiology
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Co-Leader
    CCCC Machine Learning Working Group
    Co-Director
    Center for AI Enabling Discovery in Disease Biology (AID2B)
    School of Medicine

    Email: satish.viswanath@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3888

  • Image of headshot of Horst von Recum

    Horst A. von Recum, PhD

    Executive Vice Chair
    Case School of Engineering
    Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    School of Medicine
    Member
    Cancer Imaging Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: horst.vonrecum@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5513

  • Matthew Williams

    Matthew Williams, PhD

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

    Email: matthew.williams@case.edu

  • Image of headshot of David Wilson

    David L. Wilson, PhD

    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

    Email: david.wilson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4099

  • Image of headshot of Xin Yu

    Xin Yu, ScD

    Professor
    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

    Email: xin.yu@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.3918

  • Portrait of Maciej Zborowski

    Maciej Zborowski, PhD

    Associate Professor
    Department of Molecular Medicine
    School of Medicine
    Associate Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    Developmental Therapeutics Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: zborowm@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.445.9330

  • Mei Zhang

    Mei Zhang, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Case School of Engineering
    Member
    Immune Oncology Program
    Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: mei.zhang2@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.3098

  • J. Thomas Mortimer

    J. Thomas Mortimer

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

    Email: j.mortimer@case.edu