About Us
Overview
- The Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic is 1 year in length beginning July 1st and ending June 30th.
- There are 5 positions each year: 2 ACGME positions (accredited) and 3 clinical positions (non-accredited).
- The Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute archives over 3 million exams or procedures per year. The MSK section reads or performs 200,000+ procedures per year which include high volume services in sports medicine, orthopedic oncology, and rheumatology.
- MSK section includes 13 MSK-trained faculty members who are dedicated to teaching, have clinical expertise in different facets of MSK imaging and are actively engaged in clinical research.
- Fellows will be exposed to all aspects of diagnostic and interventional MSK imaging and trained in all modalities including MRI, US, radiography and nuclear medicine.
- Fellows will spend time at the main campus as well as the Sports Health Center (a satellite facility).
- Fellows will participate in and lead a number of didactic and interdisciplinary clinical conferences including a year-long lecture series covering all the major MSK imaging topics.
- Fellows will participate in a year-long hands-on MSK ultrasound curriculum.
- Fellows will participate research and quality projects and have access to the resources of the MSK Imaging Research Lab.
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Learn moreFellowship Program Leadership
Naveen Subhas, MD, MPH
Program Director
9500 Euclid Ave, A21
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone: 216.445.9464
subhasn@ccf.org
Fangbai Wu, MD
Associate Program Director
9500 Euclid Ave, A21
Cleveland, OH 44195
216.444.0027
wuf@ccf.org
Lauren Cunningham
Program Coordinator
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
216.445.7110
cunninl3@ccf.org
Danielle Berry, MEd
Program Administrator
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
216.444.2136
berryd2@ccf.org
Curriculum
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Interpreting radiographs, MRI, CT, US, bone mineral density and nuclear medicine scans.
- Performing fluoroscopic and US guided therapeutic injections and diagnostic aspirations including US guided platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections, hydrodissections and percutaneous tenotomies.
- Performing CT, US and MR guided bone and soft tissue biopsies and CT guided radiofrequency ablations and cryoablations.
- Protocoling and monitoring cross-sectional imaging studies.
- Supervising residents and medical students.
- Participating in didactic and clinical conferences (~1 per day) and leading assigned conferences (~3 per month). Conferences include MSK Fellow Conference, MSK Interesting Case Conference, Sarcoma Conference, Sports Medicine Conference, MSK Infectious Disease Conference, Rheumatology Conference and MSK Journal Club. One half-day will be provided every 5 weeks for conference preparation.
- Home call (once every 5 weeks)
Non-clinical Responsibilities:
- Participating in at least 1 research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor that will be submitted to a national meeting for podium presentation and culminate in a manuscript that will be submitted for publication.
- Participating in at least 1 quality improvement project.
- Participating in CME conferences hosted by the section.
Benefits
Salary as of June 1, 2023
| PGY-6 | $75,569 annual rate* | $3,149 rate per pay |
*Clinical Fellow will receive additional salary for 1 clinical day each week.
*Reflect 2023 salary and is subject to change.
Academic Funding
- Up to 5 days for meetings per year.
- Up to $5,000 for oral presentations.
- Up to $1,000 for attendance only meetings.
Vacation and Time Away
- 15 vacation days per year.
- 5 personal days per year.
Additional Benefits
- 3 weeks of rotations in other departments including Nuclear Medicine and Neuroradiology.
- Cleveland Clinic iPhone for the year.
- Comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance.
- Maternity leave (8 weeks paid) + parental leave (4 weeks paid).
- Employee assistance program.
- Employee wellness program including free gym membership.
Our Faculty
| Faculty | Clinical/Research Interests |
Faysal Altahawi, MD |
Machine learning/ Automated image processing, natural Language Processing, 3D imaging/ multiplanar reformations/ 3D printing, Accelerated and advanced imaging techniques, Tendon/bone attachments, tendonosis, enthesophyte/osteophyte fractures, Imaging outcomes and Quality Control. |
Howard Chen, MD MBA – Associate Chief Informatics Officer |
Clinical Imaging Informatics, Natural language processing in radiology analytics, Multimodality imaging of bone and soft tissue tumors, Imaging quality improvement. |
Michael Forney, MD - MSK Ultrasound Director; Associate Program Director DR Residency |
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound |
Maxime Freire, MD |
Emergency Radiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology |
 Steve Hatem, MD – Vice Chair of Education |
Sports Imaging, Emergency Radiology, Radiology Education |
Darlene Holden, MD |
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound |
Hakan Ilaslan, MD MBA - Section Head |
Bone tumors, MRI, radiofrequency of ablation of osteoid osteomas, cryoblation of tumors, cementoplasy |
Joshua Polster, MD – Vice Chair of Innovations |
Sports Medicine Imaging, Image-guided procedures, Image processing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. |
Claus Simpfendorfer, MD |
Musculoskeletal infections and procedures |
Naveen Subhas, MD, MPH – Program Director; Vice Chair of Clinical Effectiveness & Efficiency |
Sports Medicine Imaging, MSK Outcomes Research, Accelerated MSK MRI Techniques, Metal Artifact Reduction CT and MRI Techniques and MSK AI Applications |
Carl Winalski, MD – MSK Research Lab Director |
Imaging of articular cartilage and cartilage repair |
Fangbai Wu, MD |
MSK ultrasound, sports imaging, and MSK tumor imaging |
Jonathan Youngner, MD |
Musculoskeletal Nerve Imaging |
Our Fellows
Class of 2024
Sergey Bondarev, MD
Residency: Cleveland Clinic
Shruthi Suresh, MD
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center
Kaushik Chagarlamudi, MD
Residency: University Hospitals /Case Western Reserve University
Jonathan Pierce, MD
Residency: University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University
Daniel Schneider, MD
Residency: University of Michigan Hospitals
Our Alumni
Class of 2023
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Mohammad Ansari, MD |
Rush University Medical Center | Houston Northwestern Radiology Association (Texas) |
| Ceylan Colak, MD | Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul Turkey | Mayo Clinic |
| Brian Corwin, MD | Cleveland Clinic | Mass General Brigham |
| Chih-Yang Juan, DO | Cleveland Clinic | University Hospitals |
| Eugen Lungu, MD | Université de Montréal | Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montréal Canada |
Class of 2022
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Zeeshan Baqui, MD | Rush Medical College | Rush University Medical Center |
| Stefan Johnson, MD | Rochester Regional Health | Rochester Regional Health Hospital |
| Christopher Lui, MD | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | Peterborough Regional Health Center |
| Matthew Neill, MD | University of Arizona | Eastern Radiology |
| Cassandra Parrott, DO | Cleveland Clinic | Abdominal Imaging Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic |
Class of 2021
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Saeed Ahmed, MD | University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine - Norman, OK | Abercrombie Radiology - Knoxville, TN |
| Leomar Bautista, DO | Oklahoma State University Medical Center - Tulsa, OK | Advanced Diagnostic Imaging - Nashville, TN |
| Sean Gallagher, DO | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH |
| Rod Momenian, MD | University Hospitals - Cleveland, OH | Fellowship at John Hopkins - Baltimore, MD |
| Amirtha Owens, DO | MetroHealth Medical Center - Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH |
Class of 2020
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Furqan Baqui, DO | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland OH | Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH |
| Kishore Chundru | Diagnostic Radiology St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital - New York, NY | VA Hospital - Philadelphia, PA |
| Collin Hull, DO | Diagnostic Radiology Hemet Valley Medical Center- Hemet, CA | United Imaging Consultants, LLC - Kansas City, KS |
| Parthiv Mehta, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Baystate Medical Center- Springfield, MA | Virtual Radiologic Inc - Eden Prairie, MN |
| Rashpal Sandhu, MD | St. Joseph Mercy Community Healthcare - Chelsea, MI | Great Lakes Medical Imaging – Buffalo, NY |
Class of 2019
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Dean Busby, MD | Diagnostic Radiology University of South Florida - Tampa,FL | Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH |
| Suraj Chandrasekar, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Loyola University - Chicago, IL | Milwaukee Radiologists - Milwaukee, WI |
| Phillip Clark, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH | Radiology Associates of North Texas - Knoxville - TN |
| Ryan Incledon, DO | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH |
| Daniel Paulson, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH | Russell Berkebile, and Associates- Lorain, OH |
Class of 2018
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Fatemeh Abdollahi Mofakham, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Wayne State University - Detroit, MIL | Cleveland Clinic – Medina, OH |
| Faysal Altahawi, MD | Diagnostic Radiology McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University - Chicago, IL | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH |
| Allan Chiunda, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH |
| Jonathan Rassi, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH | Lahey Health & Medical Center - Burlington, MA |
| Haq Wajid, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic – Cleveland, OH | Radiology Associates of North Texas, Dallas, TX |
Class of 2017
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Tarek Elkady, MD | Armed Forces Hospital Cairo, Egypt | Yale University- New Haven, CT |
| Albair Guirguis, MD | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH | |
| Lulu He, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic –Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Clinic - Cleveland, OH |
| Vineet Khanna, MD | Diagnostic Radiology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy- Pittsburgh, PA | Chalmers P. Wylie Care Center- Columbus, OH |
| Fangbai Wu, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic –Cleveland, OH | Columbia University- New York, NY |
Class of 2016
| Residency | Employment After Fellowship | |
| Anwar Ashraf, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Indiana University- Bloomington, IN | Northwest Radiology- Indianapolis, IN |
| I-Yuan Chang, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic –Cleveland, OH | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital - Dallas, TX |
| Akash Garg, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic –Cleveland, OH | Elmhurst Memorial Hospital- Elmhurst, IL |
| Justin LeBlanc, MD | Diagnostic Radiology Cleveland Clinic –Cleveland, OH | Consulting Radiologists, Ltd- Minneapolis, MN |
How to Apply
Application Process
Thank you for your interest in the MSK Radiology Fellowship Program at Cleveland Clinic. We participate in the NRMP for MSK Radiology Fellowship and will be accepting the common application form provided on the Society for Skeletal Radiology (SSR) website. All the applicants need to be enrolled in or have completed, an ACGME-accredited U.S. residency program or an RCPSC-accredited program or a CFPC-accredited Canadian residency program. We will sponsor applicants with J1 visas. We will be following the NRMP timeline for interviewing and ranking.
Please email application material to imagingfellowship@ccf.org.
To apply, please complete the following:
- SSR common application.
- Curriculum vitae.
- Personal statement.
- Photo.
- Medical school transcript.
- Medical school diploma.
- USMLE/COMLEX transcripts.
- 3 Letters of Recommendation (1 must be from current Program Director); LORs should be directly sent to imagingfellowship@ccf.org.
- ECGMG certificate, if applicable.
Lauren Cunningham
Fellowship Coordinator
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
216.445.7110
cunninl3@ccf.org
Danielle Berry, MEd
Education Program Administrator
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
berryd2@ccf.org
We look forward to reviewing your application.
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