Our team

Led by internationally renowned researchers Drs. McCollough and Fletcher, the CT Clinical Innovation Center has cultivated a large and dedicated team committed to advancing imaging technology and methods to reduce radiation doses.

Faculty

• Cynthia H. McCollough, Ph.D.
  Director


• Joel G. Fletcher, M.D.
  Medical Director


• Francis Baffour, M.D.
  Associate Medical Director


• Shuai Leng, Ph.D.
  Associate Director


• Lifeng Yu, Ph.D.
  Associate Director


• Andrea Ferrero, PhD.


• Hao Gong, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Radiology


• Scott S. Hsieh, Ph.D.


• Kishore Rajendran, Ph.D.

Research staff

• Boleyn R. Andrist, CCRP, senior clinical research coordinator
• Aeden K. Davis, medical imaging analyst
• Holly J. Kasten, R.T. (R) (CT), lead CT technologist
• Shravani Kharat, medical imaging analyst
• Kevin E. Kimlinger, program coordinator
• Bruce S. Lee, Ph.D., senior clinical research coordinator
• Jeff F. Marsh Jr., M.S., senior engineer
• Elnata F. Melka, research assistant
• Jamison E. Thorne, medical imaging analyst II
• Nikkole M. Weber, R.T. (R) (CT), lead CT technologist
• Jarod Wellinghoff, medical imaging analyst
• Zhongxing Zhou, Ph.D., research scientist

Research trainees

• Shaojie Chang, Ph.D., senior research fellow
• Ahmed Omar El Sadaney O. Rabie, M.B., B.Ch., research fellow
• Lena A. Hamza, M.B., B.Ch., research trainee

Associated staff

• Michael R. Bruesewitz, medical physics assistant
• Elisabeth R. Shanblatt, Ph.D., Siemens collaborations manager
• Joe R. Swicklik, medical physics assistant

Graduate students

• Emily K. Koons
• Maryam Sadeghian Sharafi

Affiliations

Our center is affiliated with these groups at Mayo Clinic:

• Biomedical Imaging Resource Core
• Center for Advanced Imaging Research
• College of Medicine and Science Biomedical Engineering and Physiology Track
• Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
• Department of Radiology
• X-Ray Imaging Core

Collaborators

Collaboration is a vital component of innovation and successfully translating research findings into clinical practice, and ultimately, to improving patient care.

The CT Clinical Innovation Center collaborates with investigators from across Mayo Clinic and leading CT scientists from around the world.

Alumni

We offer robust and compelling training and education opportunities.

Our center has welcomed nearly 200 postdoctoral research fellows, medical students, graduate students, diagnostic medical physicist residents, interns and high school mentees from across the world to gain experience alongside our respected investigators.