| Fellowship(s) | Body MRI: The Johns Hopkins Hospital | ![]() |
| Residency | The Johns Hopkins Hospital | |
| Internship | MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University | |
| Medical School | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | |
| Undergraduate | Case Western Reserve University, magna cum laude |
CURRENT POSITION
2005 - present
Body Imaging / Body MRI Radiologist
Riverside Radiology Associates, Inc.
EDUCATION
1995 - 1999
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
M.D., 1999
1990 - 1995
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
B.A., magna cum laude, 1995
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
2004 - 2005
Fellowship, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
2000 - 2004
Residency, Diagnostic Radiology
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1999 - 2000
Internship, Internal Medicine
MetroHealth Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
BOARD CERTIFICATION
2004 American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
AWARDS AND HONORS
1996 - 1999 Grant Munro Scholarship, Fairfield Foundation, Lancaster, Ohio
1996 Family Medicine Summer, Fellowship, CWRU
1995 Russell M. Lawall Prize for Biological Sciences, CWRU
1994 Kennedy Prize for Creative Work in English, CWRU
1992 Nemet Scholarship for Creative Writing, CWRU
1990 Physics Scholarship, CWRU
1990 Presidential Scholarship, CWRU
PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES
MRI of the Adrenal Gland. Hot Topics in MR Imaging for the Technologist, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. Baltimore, MD, February 5-6, 2005.
PUBLICATIONS
1. MR Imaging-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation in the porcine brain at 0.2 T. European Radiology 2001; II (5): 884-92. Merkle EM, Shonk JR, Zheng L, Duerk JL, Lewin JS.
2. MR-guided RF thermal ablation of the kidney in a porcine model. American Journal of Roentgenology 1999 Sep; 173(3): 645-51
3. Fast T2-weighted imaging by PSIF at 0.2 T for interventional MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 1999 Aug; 42(2); 335-44. Chug YC, Merkle EM, Lewin JS, Shonk JR, Duerk JL.