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Radiology and Radiological Science

Our Experts at the Center for Image-Guided Animal Therapy

The CIGAT team is led by Dr. Kraitchman and includes dedicated veterinary technicians, MRI technologists, and nursing staff. The images obtained by certified imaging technologists are transferred, in real-time, to a veterinary radiologist for final evaluation. All images and reports are sent to the requesting veterinarian.

Our Director

Photo of Dr. Dara Kraitchman

Dara L. Kraitchman, V.M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C.

Professor of Radiology, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
Cardiovascular Interventional Section Head in Department of MR Research

Dr. Dara Kraitchman is a veterinarian and Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. Dr. Kraitchman performed the first MRI-guided intracardiac delivery of stem cells to the heart and developed the first technique to provide X-ray visible stem cells for x-ray fluoroscopic delivery and CT imaging of stem cell persistence for cardiac and peripheral arterial disease applications. In addition to being a Co-Director of the Center for Image-Guided Animal Therapy, Dr. Kraitchman serves as the Cardiovascular Interventional Section Head for the department. Dr. Kraitchman's expertise in advanced imaging allows each CIGAT patient to receive individualized imaging care as well as the most progressive advanced imaging available to pets in the region.

View Dr. Kraitchman's Publications

Our Adjunct Faculty

The following accomplished experts assist the Center for Image-Guided Animal Therapy veterinarians in an advisory role. These doctors and specialists have developed and clinically practiced procedures in human patients that the center can translate for use in veterinary patients. The center creates an academic environment where multidisciplinary collaboration among health professionals benefits veterinary patients, allowing veterinarians to perform individualized care for each pet.

  • William S Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.

    • A. Earl Walker Professor
    • Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Expertise: Deep Brain Stimulation, Dystonia, Epilepsy Surgery, Essential Tremor, Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy

  • Cory Brayton, D.V.M.

    • Director, Phenotyping Core
    • Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology

    Expertise: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

  • Kathleen Gabrielson, D.V.M., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology
    • Associate Professor of Oncology
    • Associate Professor of Pathology

  • Christos Savvas Georgiades, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director of Interventional Oncology
    • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
    • Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Claudication, Diagnostic Radiology, Hepatobilary Interventions, Interventional Pain Management, Interventional Pulmonology

  • Kelvin Kai-wen Hong, M.B.B.Ch., M.B.B.S.

    • Executive Vice Chair of Radiology
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Bone Tumors, Chronic Total Occlusions, Claudication, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Interventional Radiology

  • Robert Ivkov, Ph.D., M.Sc.

    • Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
    • Professor of Oncology

  • Lawrence Richard Kleinberg, M.D.

    • Vice Chair of Clinical Research
    • Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
    • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Brain Metastases, Brain Tumors, Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Glioblastoma

  • Brian Hansen Ladle, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Oncology
    • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Medical Oncology, Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric Sarcoma

  • Robert Patrick Liddell, M.B.B.Ch., M.S.

    • Director, Interventional Radiology
    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
    • Associate Professor of Oncology

    Expertise: Aneurysms, Angioplasty, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Endoleak Embolization, Interventional Oncology

  • Katarzyna Jadwiga Macura, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Assistant Director ICTR Imaging Translational Program
    • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
    • Joint Appointment in Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Urology

    Expertise: Diagnostic Radiology, Image-Guided Interventional Procedures, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Oncologic Imaging, Prostate Cancer

  • Michael Schar, Ph.D., M.S.

    • Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science

  • George Sgouros, Ph.D.

    • Director, Radiological Physics Division
    • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
    • Professor of Oncology
    • Professor of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences

  • Clifford Raabe Weiss, M.D.

    • Director, the Johns Hopkins HHT Center of Excellence
    • Medical Director, The Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering, Innovation and Design (CBID)
    • Director, Interventional Radiology Research
    • Director, the Johns Hopkins Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)
    • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Expertise: Angioplasty, Arterial Occlusive Disease, Arteriovenous Fistulas (AVF), Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM), Chronic Total Occlusions

 
 
photo of Meiyappan Solaiyappan
 

Solaiyappan, Meiyappan, M.S.
Research Associate, Division of MR Research
Expertise: Computer Graphics, Computer-Assisted Image Processing, Three-Dimensional Virtual, Augmented Reality Visualization

 
 

To learn more about CIGAT

Email: [email protected] | Telephone: 410-502-7325 | Fax 410-614-1977.