dr. Karathanasis
Dr. Efstathios (Stathis) Karathanasis is Professor and Associate Chair of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, the Director of Graduate Education of the BME Department, and a member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC). He joined the Faculty of School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve in 2009, where he directs the Cancer Nanotechnology and Immunotherapy research program. He is a trained biomedical engineer, with undergraduate and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering. A native of Greece, he grew up in Thessaloniki and received his undergraduate degree from Aristotle University in 1999. In 2001, he moved to the United States, where he completed his doctoral degree in 2005 (University of Houston; advisor: Ananth Annapragada) and a postdoctoral fellowship in 2009 (Georgia Institute of Technology; advisor: Ravi Bellamkonda).
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY | School of Medicine
Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director of Graduate Education, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Member, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Case Center for Imaging Research
CLEVELAND CLINIC | Lerner Research Institute
Adjunct Staff, Department of Cancer Biology
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
Associate Professor (secondary appointment), Department of Radiology