About Us

About Us

  • The Musculoskeletal (MSK) Imaging Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic is 1 year in length beginning July 1st and ending June 30th.
  • There are 6 positions each year: 2 ACGME positions (accredited) and 4 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.

Living in Cleveland

Leadership

Naveen Subhas, MD, MPH
 Program Director
9500 Euclid Ave, A21
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
Phone: 216.445.9464
subhasn@ccf.org

Jonathan Youngner, MD
Associate Program Director
 9500 Euclid Ave, A21
Cleveland, OH 44195
216.310.0145
youngnj@ccf.org

Darlene Newton
 Fellowship Coordinator
 9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
216.445.7110
newtond6@ccf.org

Curriculum

Curriculum

MSK Journal Club

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

Benefits

Salary as of June 1, 2024

Clinical Fellow $155,750 annual rate  
ACGME Fellow PGY-6 $77,836 annual rate* $3,243 rate per pay period

Clinical fellows are paid at the same PGY-6 rate as ACGME fellows for 4 days per week when working as a fellow in the MSK section and paid at an associate staff level for 1 day per week when working as a licensed independent practitioner (LIP) outside the MSK section.

Both clinical and ACGME fellows who are eligible to work as an LIP will have the opportunity for internal moonlighting at the same hourly rate as staff and on par or above with national standards. or external moonlighting.

*Reflect 2024 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

Our Faculty

Our Faculty

Faculty Clinical/Research Interests
Faysal Altahawi, MD | Cleveland Clinic

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.

See Publications for Dr. Altahawi
Howard Chen, MD MBA – Associate Chief Informatics Officer | Cleveland Clinic

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.

See Publications for Dr. Chen
Michael Forney, MD - MSK Ultrasound Director; Associate Program Director DR Residency | Cleveland Clinic

Michael Forney, MD - MSK Ultrasound Director; Associate Program Director DR Residency

Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

See Publications for Dr. Forney

Maxime Freire, MD

Emergency Radiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology

See Publications for Dr.Freire
Steve Hatem, MD – Vice Chair of Education | Cleveland Clinic

Steve Hatem, MD – Vice Chair of Education

Sports Imaging, Emergency Radiology, Radiology Education

See Publications for Dr. Hatem
Hakan Ilaslan, MD MBA - Section Head | Cleveland Clinic

Hakan Ilaslan, MD MBA - Section Head

Bone tumors, MRI, radiofrequency of ablation of osteoid osteomas, cryoblation of tumors, cementoplasy

See Publications for Dr. Ilaslan

Jonathan Pierce, MD

Jonathan Pierce, MD

 Musculoskeletal Radiology and Interventions
Joshua Polster, MD – Vice Chair of Innovations | Cleveland Clinic

Joshua Polster, MD – Vice Chair of Innovations

Sports Medicine Imaging, Image-guided procedures, Image processing, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

See Publications for Dr. Polster

Daniel Schneider, MD

Daniel Schneider, MD

 Musculoskeletal Radiology and Interventions
Claus Simpfendorfer, MD – Associate Program Director | Cleveland Clinic

Claus Simpfendorfer, MD

Musculoskeletal infections and procedures

See Publications for Dr. Simpfendorfer
Naveen Subhas, MD, MPH – Program Director; Vice Chair of Clinical Effectiveness & Efficiency | Cleveland Clinic

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

See Publications for Dr. Subhas
Carl Winalski, MD – MSK Research Lab Director | Cleveland Clinic

Carl Winalski, MD – MSK Research Lab Director

Imaging of articular cartilage and cartilage repair

See Publications for Dr. Winalski

Fangbai Wu, MD

MSK ultrasound, sports imaging, and MSK tumor imaging

See Publications for Dr. Wu
Jonathan Youngner, MD

Jonathan Youngner, MD

Musculoskeletal Nerve Imaging
Our Fellows

Our Fellows

Class of 2025

Leen Alkukhun, MD 

Leen Alkukhun, MD
 Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University

Cameron Kortes, MD 

Cameron Kortes, MD
 Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Charles Maxfield, DO 

Charles Maxfield, DO
 Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Anand Rajan, MD 

Anand Rajan, MD
 Residency: Allegheny Health Network

Basem Rashwan, MD 

Basem Rashwan, MD
 Residency: Cleveland Clinic

Our Alumni

Our Alumni

Class of 2024

  Residency Employment After Fellowship 
Sergey Bondarev, MD  Cleveland Clinic San Fransico Veterans Affairs
Kaushik Chagarlamudi, MD
 University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University
 Advent Health
Jonathan Pierce, MD University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University
 Cleveland Clinic
Daniel Schnieder, MD
 University of Michigan Hospitals
 Cleveland Clinic
Shruthi Suresh, MD Geisinger Medical Center
 University of Utah

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
How to Apply

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. 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. Exceptional international candidates enrolled in or having completed a diagnostic radiology residency will also be considered. We will sponsor applicants with J and H visas. We will be following the NRMP timeline for interviewing and ranking.

Application period starts Nov 1, 2024.

To apply, please complete the following:

  1. SSR common application.
  2. Curriculum vitae.
  3. Personal statement.
  4. Photo.
  5. Medical school transcript.
  6. Medical school diploma.
  7. USMLE/COMLEX transcripts.
  8. 3 Letters of Recommendation (1 must be from current program director).
  9. ECGMG certificate, if applicable.

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.

Contact us

Darlene Newton
 Fellowship Coordinator
 9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
216.445.7110
newtond6@ccf.org

Danielle Berry, MEd
Education Program Administrator
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave., L10
Cleveland, Ohio 44195
berryd2@ccf.org