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Berman Lab Back to D. Berman Lab Lab Members News Personal Statement Publications Research Areas Lab Members Daniel S Berman MD Principal Investigator SEND AN EMAIL Donghee Han, MD Research Scientist Han earned his MD from Yeungnam University College of Medicine, South Korea, and his fellowship at the Dalio Institute of Cardiovascular Imaging at Weill Cornell Medicine. After training, he was an assistant clinical research professor in the cardiology division at Yonsei Cardiovascular Center. Han’s goal is to become a physician-scientist. SEND AN EMAIL Alan Kwan, MD Staff Physician, Cardiology Kwan performs research in clinical and translational multimodality cardiac imaging, with a focus in cardiac MRI and coronary CT. He attended the University of Washington School of Medicine, with a fellowship year at the National Institutes of Health, and completed his internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. SEND AN EMAIL Keiichiro Kuronuma, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scientist Kuronuma earned his medical degree from Nihon University Graduate School of Medicine. Before joining Cedars-Sinai, Kuronuma practiced as a general cardiologist and coronary interventionist in Japan, performing clinical research using cardiac CT, SPECT and infrared spectroscopy, and he has a special interest in multimodality cardiac imaging and clinical research work. Pankaj Malhotra, MD Cardiac Imaging Fellow Pankaj earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at Cedars-Sinai, where he performed echocardiography imaging research with Robert Siegel, MD. His general cardiology fellowship at UC Davis Medical Center allowed him to perform cardiac CT imaging and echocardiography research. Bashaer Gheyath, MD Cardiac Imaging Fellow Bashaer earned her medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, completed her internal medicine residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio and her general cardiology fellowship at UC Davis Medical Center. She is board certified in internal medicine, echocardiography and cardiovascular CT. Kaveh Rezaei Bookani, MD Cardiac Imaging Fellow Kaveh completed medical school at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences in Iran, his internal medicine residency at Medstar Health in Baltimore, participated in cardiac imaging research studies at Johns Hopkins, and completed his fellowship at University of Chicago–NorthShore. Kaveh’s goal is to expand his knowledge in multimodality cardiac imaging. Anna Barton, MBChB, MSc Postdoctoral Research Scientist Barton is a clinical PhD student investigating cardiovascular MR and PET at the University of Edinburgh (UOE). She received her medical degree and a master of science with distinction from UOE, and membership of the Royal College of Physicians (U.K.). Her interests include heart failure and cardiovascular MR. Sharon Shalom Natanzon, MD Cardiology/Cardiac Imaging Fellow Natanzon is a senior cardiologist at Sheba Medical Center, Israel, and a research fellow in the Berman Lab. He graduated from Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, completed his internal medicine residency at Rabin Medical Center, and his fellowship at Sheba. Natanzon seeks expertise in advanced cardiac imaging. Romalisa "Lisa" Miranda Peats, MPH, CCRP Research Program Administrator Peats completed her BA in biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame and a master of public health in epidemiology from UCLA. She joined Cedars-Sinai as a research project assistant and was promoted to team lead and eventually program administrator, responsible for administrative oversight of the Berman Lab. SEND AN EMAIL Rebekah Park, MPH, CCRP Research Operation Associate, Team Lead Park earned her psychology degree from UCSD and her master of public health in global health from Liberty University. Previously, Park was the lead coordinator of clinical trials that lead to the FDA approval of Otiprio. She has also participated/led worldwide mission trips, focusing on children’s programs/health promotion. SEND AN EMAIL Rhona Littman, CCRP Regulatory Coordinator Littman has spent 40-plus years as a licensed dental radiographer, a liaison between independent physician groups, working on the Board of Directors and Utilization Management Committee for a medical management company, and as a research coordinator at UCLA. She joined the Berman Laboratory in 2003. SEND AN EMAIL Heidi Gransar, MS, CCRP Biostatistician Gransar earned both her bachelor of science and master of science degrees at UCLA. She joined the Berman Laboratory in 2000 and helps with data management of cardiac research registries and consulting for research grants—focusing on the study design, statistical analysis plans and power, and sample size calculations. SEND AN EMAIL Frances Wang, MS Biostatistician Frances started as a clinical research associate before promoting to a biostatistician in the Cardiac Imaging Research Team. She graduated with a master’s degree in biostatistics and epidemiology from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and is currently pursuing her PhD at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Mark C. Hyun, CNMT, NCT, RT (N, R, CT), FASNC Research Technologist Hyun received his education and clinical training from Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Technology. Upon graduation, Hyun was a staff and research technologist at Cedars-Sinai, then promoted to a lead technologist, responsible for supervising technical activities at Tower Nuclear/Cardiac and Vascular Lab. Aryabod Razipour, MD Postdoctoral Researcher Razipour received his BA in biochemistry from UCLA and his medical degree from Universidad Central del Este in the Dominican Republic. Since 2009, he has worked with Matthew J. Budoff, MD, at LA BioMed/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. In 2017, Razipour joined the Dey Laboratory to research cardiac computed tomography angiography entities. Ananya Singh, MSc Programmer/Analyst Singh earned her master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California. She specializes in image processing and deep learning in medical imaging. She’s currently working on integrating deep convolutional neural networks to further automate cardiovascular imaging. Ananya hopes her work contributes to expedited and accurate patient diagnoses. Aditya Killekar, MSEE Programmer/Analyst Killekar earned his engineering degree at the University of Southern California and worked there as a research programmer implementing deep learning-based methods for detecting deepfake face manipulations. At Cedars-Sinai, Killekar currently works on developing a deep learning-based real-time detection and segmentation of COVID-19 lesions on noncontrast chest CT. Nipun Manral, MSEE Data Scientist/Specialist II Manral earned his master's in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California. He specializes in machine-learning, deep-learning and data-mining technologies and is currently working on the applications of deep learning for plaque segmentation using CTA images. Prior to Cedars-Sinai, Nipun worked as a systems engineer in Germany and India. Guadalupe Flores Tomasino Clinical Research Associate II Tomasino received her medical education at the University of El Salvador School of Medicine. She has volunteered in research studies and is interested in clinical research to improve healthcare across underserved communities. At Cedars-Sinai, she implements Autoplaque software, which semi-automatically quantifies plaque from coronary CT angiography images. Ani Oganesyan, BS Clinical Research Associate I Oganesyan graduated from UCLA with a BA in physiological science. Previously, she volunteered in clinical research studies at UCLA and for campus organizations including the Youth Empowerment Program and the UCLA chapter of Global Medical Training, serving as International co-president to support medical mission trips to underserved Latin American countries. Chloe Findling, BA Clinical Research Associate I Findling graduated from Scripps College in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Previously, Chloe worked as a research associate at Lenox Hill Hospital, examining cardiac risk factors in youth. Chloe was also a crisis advocate for sexual assault survivors and a teaching assistant in her college’s organic chemistry laboratory. Contact the D Berman Lab 8700 Beverly Blvd. Taper, Room 1258 Los Angeles, CA 90048 310-423-3763 Send a Message Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility