Abdominal Imaging Fellowship | Cleveland Clinic

Overview

The Abdominal Imaging fellowship at Cleveland Clinic is 1 year in length and exposes trainees to high case volume and complexity.
There are up to 4 positions each year (non-ACGME accredited).
Fellows have the option to participate in a traditional fellowship pathway or in a clinical pathway:

Traditional pathway: Fellows spend 5 days/week at CCF main campus focusing on advanced fellowship training.
Clinical practitioner pathway: Couples advanced fellowship training with real-world practice experience and supplemental income; fellows spend 1 day/week at one of the regional CCF hospitals independently interpreting routine radiology examinations, and 4 days/week as fellows at the main campus.

Training provides a comprehensive diagnostic and interventional radiology experience in all aspects of gastrointestinal and genitourinary imaging.

Interpretation of advanced CT, MRI, and Ultrasound applications.
CT and ultrasound-guided interventional procedures, including core biopsy sampling, fine needle aspiration and abscess drainage.
Fluoroscopy training optional.

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Fellowship Program Leadership

Christopher P. Coppa, MD
Program Director
9500 Euclid Ave, L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone: 216.636.5588
coppac@ccf.org

Zachary Muetzel
Fellowship Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone: 216.445.4900
muetzez@ccf.org

If you have any questions or inquiries, please reach out via email to imagingfellowship@ccf.org.

Benefits

Salary as of May 16, 2025

Clinical Fellow	$159,644 annual rate	$6,651 rate per pay period
Fellow PGY-6	$80,171 annual rate*	$3,340 rate per pay period

* Clinical Fellow will receive additional salary for 1 clinical day each week.
* Reflect 2026-2027 salary and is subject to change.

Academic funding

Up to 5 days for meetings per year.
Up to $4,000 for oral presentations.
Up to $1,000 for attendance only meetings.

Vacation and time away

15 vacation days per year.
5 personal/interview days per year.

Additional benefits

At least 4 weeks of elective rotations.
Cleveland Clinic iPhone for the year.
Comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance.
Maternity leave (8 weeks paid) and parental leave (4 weeks paid).
Employee Assistance Program.
Employee Wellness Program, including free gym membership.

Faculty

The The AI section includes about 20 abdominal imaging-trained faculty members who are dedicated to teaching, have clinical expertise and research interests in different aspects of abdominal imaging, and are engaged members of the major national radiologic societies.

Faculty	Clinical/Research Interests
Christopher Coppa, MD Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Program Director	Hepatobiliary, transplant imaging See Publications for Dr. Coppa
Kavita Bhatt, MD Associate Program Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program	See Publications for Dr. Bhatt
Amr Abdelaziz, MD	See Publications for Dr. Abdelaziz
Jafar Dada, MD	Liver Imaging See Publications for Dr. Dada
Myra Feldman, MD Medical Director of Ultrasound Associate Professor of Radiology (CCLCM of CWRUSOM) Staff Radiologist, Abdominal Imaging Section	Women's imaging, ultrasound, pelvic MR See Publications for Dr. Feldman
Namita Gandhi, MD, MScHI, FSAR Vice Chair for Imaging Informatics, Diagnostic Institute Medical Director for Enterprise Radiology, IT Division Associate Professor of Radiology at CCLCM	IBD, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Informatics See Publications for Dr. Gandhi
Brian Herts, MD Executive Vice Chair, Imaging Institute Medical Director of CT, Imaging Institute	Genitourinary imaging, Gastrointestinal Imaging, Incidental findings See Publications for Dr. Herts
Peter Liu, MD Institute Chairman, Imaging Institute	Hepatobiliary disease, GI radiology, body MRI See Publications for Dr. Liu
Rekha Mody, MD Director, Quality, Safety, Patient Experience and Continuous Improvement Department of Imaging, Diagnostics Institute	See Publications for Dr. Mody
Douglas Nachand, MD	See Publications for Dr. Nachand
Charles O'Malley, MD Director of Image Guided Interventional Procedures	Image guided procedures, Abdominal Imaging See Publications for Dr. O'Malley
Andrei Purysko, MD Section Head, Abdominal Imaging	Oncologic imaging See Publications for Dr. Purysko
Balu Rangaswamy, MD	Hepatobiliary Imaging, GYN Imaging, and Oncology Imaging See Publications for Dr. Rangaswamy
Justin Ream, MD	See Publications for Dr. Ream
Erick Remer, MD Professor of Radiology	GU Imaging especially renal and adrenal See Publications for Dr. Remer
Daniel Roesel, DO Educational Liaison, Section of Abdominal Imaging, Co-Director Interesting Case Conference	Hepatic/Pancreaticobiliary Imaging See Publications for Dr. Roesel
Samuel Ruskin, MD Quality Improvement Officer, Regional Radiology Safety, Quality, Patient Experience & Continuous Improvement (SQPE & CI) Staff, Regional Radiology Staff, Abdominal Imaging	See Publications for Dr. Ruskin
Andrew Schreiner, MD Regional Radiologist	See Publications for Dr. Schreiner
Shetal Shah, MD, FSAR Clinical Lead, Radiology Tumor Metrics Program	PET/CT and PET/MR imaging, Urologic and Gynecological malignancies, Lymphoma and Oncologic Imaging Tumor metrics and RECIST See Publications for Dr. Shah
David Sweet, MD	Genitourinary imaging, informatics, and photon-counting CT See Publications for Dr. Sweet
Joseph Veniero, MD, PhD Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program	Rectal cancer, Abdominal MRI Techniques and protocols, Residency education See Publications for Dr. Veniero
Ryan Ward, MD	GU imaging See Publications for Dr. Ward

How to Apply

Application Process

Eligibility:

U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are enrolled in or have completed an ACGME-accredited U.S. residency program.
International graduates and trainees that are not U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents on H1b or O-1 visas. We no longer sponsor applicants with J1 visas in Abdominal Imaging.

Imaging Fellowship Application Portal

Required Documents for Application

Curriculum Vitae
Personal Statement
Medical school transcript
Medical school diploma
USMLE/COMLEX transcripts
3 Letters of Recommendation (1 must be from current Program Director)
Dean's letter
Abdominal Imaging Fellowship Application Form
ECGMG certificate, if applicable
Photo (optional)

View the 2026 updated SCARD fellowship policy.

Please reach out with any questions or inquiries via imagingfellowship@ccf.org.

Zachary Muetzel
Fellowship Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone: 216.445.4900
muetzez@ccf.org

We look forward to reviewing your application.

Please take a moment to review a listing of all the requirements that must be met to train at Cleveland Clinic as well as the non-smoking policy.

Our Fellows

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Mary Costello, DO

Shirtik Devkota, MD
Shritik Devkota, MD

Swati Putcha, DO

Sercan Tosun, MD

Our Alumni

Class of 2026

	Residency	Employment After Fellowship
Samay Bhushan, MD	Aultman Hospital	Aultman Hospital
Dane Eskildsen, DO	Baylor College of Medicine	Northwest Radiologists/Mount Baker Imaging
Patrick Handwork, MD	Cleveland Clinic	Akron Radiology
Ahad Waraich, MD	Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami	3TRadiology and Research

Class of 2025

	Residency	Employment After Fellowship
Jafar Dada, MD	West Virginia University Hospital	Cleveland Clinic
Patrick England, MD	University of Louisville School of Medicine	Cleveladn Clinic
Satwant Khela, MD	Dayanand Medical College & Hospital	Cleveland Clinic
Gregory Landers, MD	Riverside General Hospital - Univeristy Medical Center	Vanderbilt University

Class of 2024

	Residency	Employment After Fellowship
Lythe Albakri, MD	Loyal University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Conor Masterson, MD	St. Luke's Medical Center
Adam Wetzel, MD	Cleveland Clinic

Class of 2023

	Residency	Employment After Fellowship
Mohanned Alnammi, DO	Lahey Clinic Hospital
Nicholas Austin, DO	Cleveland Clinic
Cassandra Parrott, DO	Cleveland Clinic

Class of 2022

	Residency	Employment After Fellowship
Ceylan Colak, MD	Training & Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Sara Hunter, MD	Cleveland Clinic

Class of 2021

	Residency	Employment After Fellowship
Hannah Barnard, MD	Cleveland Clinic
Amar Gupta, MD	Cleveland Clinic
Dhaval Patel, DO	McLaren Oakland Hospital