IVIF Co-Directors
Carolyn J. Anderson, PhD
Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh
Director of Molecular Imaging, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Rivka Colen, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh
Director, Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumor (RECIST) Core
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
Preclinical MRI Leadership
T. Kevin Hitchens, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
Director of Animal Imaging Center, McGowan Institute
Preclinical PET Leadership
Carolyn J. Anderson, PhD
Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh
Director of Molecular Imaging, UPMC
Co-Director, Hillman In Vivo Imaging Facility
Clinical MRI and PET Leadership
James Mountz, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh
Director of Neuro-Nuclear Medicine, UPMC
PET and MRI Faculty Support
N. Scott Mason, PhD
Radiochemist and Assistant Professor of Radiology
Charles Laymon, PhD
Physicist and Assistant Professor of Radiology
Brian Lopresti, MSNE
Physicist and Instructor of Radiology
PET Technician
James Ruszkiewicz
PET Manager
PET Consultants
James Mountz, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh
Director of Neuro-Nuclear Medicine, UPMC
Chester Mathis, PhD
Professor of Radiology, Senior Chemist, and Director of the PET Neuroscience program
MRI Consultant
Yijen L. Wu, PhD
Director, Rangos Research Center Animal Imaging Core, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Optical and Ultrasound Imaging Leadership
Stephen Thorne, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Optical Imaging Faculty Support
W. Barry Edwards, PhD
Assistant Professor of Radiology
