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Song Lab Members

  • Jae W. Song, MD, MS

    Dr. Song is the Director of the Penn Vessel Wall Imaging Program and Associate Professor of Radiology (curriculum vitae). She earned her MD at NYU School of Medicine. She completed her diagnostic radiology residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. Her research is focused on the translation of neuroimaging methods that improve the outcomes of patients with stroke.

  • Shraddha Pandey, PhD

    Dr. Pandey is a postdoctoral fellow and co-mentored by Drs. Song and Dylan Tisdall. She completed her PhD at University of South Florida in Electrical Engineering where she predicted stereotactic radiosurgery dose maps in cancer patients using deep neural networks. She is interested in MR pulse sequence design, protocol development, and applications. Fun facts: Shraddha is an avid gardener, animal lover, and active member of animal rescue groups.

  • Yu Sakai, MD

    Dr. Sakai is a research track resident in diagnostic radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his MD at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is interested in perfusion imaging, artificial intelligence, and quality improvement. Fun facts: Yu is a black belt karate master!

  • Harsha Voleti, MD

    Dr. Voleti is a clinical track resident in diagnostic radiology at the University of Pennsylvania (Class of 2027). He completed his MD at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He is interested in stroke imaging. Fun facts: He follows Serie A soccer and is a fan of AC Milan.

  • Pargol Balali, MD, MS

    Pargol is a StrokeNET fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. She works on various projects exploring stroke etiologies specifically examining carotid webs (watch her ISC25 interview here!). She earned her MD at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran and completed her Master’s in Neuroscience at McMaster University, Canada. Fun facts: Pargol enjoys playing piano and learning French in her free time!

  • Manisha Koneru, MD, MS

    Manisha is a research assistant at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. She completed her MS at Johns Hopkins University in Biotechnology. She is interested in neuroradiology and neurointerventional surgery. Fun facts: Manisha is trilingual (Telugu and Latin).

  • Huy Phi, BS

    Huy is a medical student at Drexel University College of Medicine (Class of 2026). He is interested in radiology and the intersection between medicine and technology. Fun facts: Huy enjoys cooking, exploring Philly’s food scene, and building computers/mechanical keyboards!

  • Andrew Hu, MS

    Andrew is a medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine (Class of 2026). Coming from a background of computational biology, he is interested in diagnostic and interventional radiology, with a growing curiosity about artificial intelligence and medical images as data. Fun facts: Andrew enjoys playing volleyball and transcribing music!

  • Courteney Wiredu, BA

    Courteney is a medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine (Class of 2027). She is interested in cardiology, diagnostic radiology, and artificial intelligence. Fun fact: Courteney loves to knit and crochet!

  • Lori Huang, BS

    Lori is a medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine (Class of 2027). She majored in Biological Sciences and minored in Chemistry and Korean, receiving a certificate in Asian studies from the University of Pittsburgh. She is interested in interventional radiology and diagnostic radiology.

  • David Yang, BA

    David is a medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine (Class of 2025). He is interested in diagnostic radiology, neurology, and rheumatology. Fun Facts: David enjoys singing, playing guitar, and cooking Chinese food.

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Song Lab Intramural Collaborators

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Song Lab Extramural Collaborators

  • Zhaoyang Fan, PhD

    Dr. Fan is the Director of the MR Imaging Research Lab and Associate Professor of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and Biomedical Engineering at Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.

  • Daniel Haehn, PhD

    Dr. Haehn is Director of the Machine Psychology research group and Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

  • Pascal Sati, PhD

    Dr. Sati is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Sciences, Director of Neuro Imaging Unit and Co-Director of the 7 Tesla System at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, California.

  • Javier M. Romero, MD, FAHA

    Dr. Romero is the Director of the R.H Ackerman Neurovascular Lab and Vascular Ultrasound Services. He is Associate Professor of Radiology in the Division of Neuroradiology at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School.

  • Emmanuel Obusez, MD

    Dr. Obusez is Associate Staff in the Section of Neuroradiology, Imaging Institute. He is Assistant Professor of Radiology at Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, OH.

  • Scott Raymond, MD, PhD

    Dr. Raymond is an Assistant Professor of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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Song Lab International Collaborators

  • Julien Savatovsky, MD

    Dr. Savatovsky is Deputy Chief of Diagnostic Neuroradiology at the Adolphe de Rothschild Foundation Hospital in Paris, France.

  • Daniel Bos, MD, PhD

    Dr. Bos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Epidemiology at the Erasmus MC Institute in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

  • Beom Joon (BJ) Kim, MD, PhD

    Dr. Kim is Chief of the Cerebrovascular Disease Center and Professor of Vascular Neurology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in Seoul, South Korea.

  • Luca Saba, MD

    Dr. Saba is Dean of the School of Medicine, Professor and Chairman of Radiology at the University of Cagliari in Italy.

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Song Lab Alumni

  • Konstanze Guggenberger, MD

    Dr. Guggenberger is a neuroradiologist at the University of Wuerzburg, Germany. She was a Research Scholar in the Song Lab from July-Sept 2024.

  • Ishaan Bhatt, MD

    Dr. Bhatt earned his medical degree at DUCOM (Class of 2024) and successfully matched into the University of Maryland Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program.

  • Ada Bozikov

    Ada is an undergraduate student at Mary Baldwin University majoring in Biology with a Biomedical Emphasis (Class of 2025). She was a summer research assistant in the Song Lab in 2023.

  • Nathan Arnett, MD

    Dr. Arnett earned his medical degree at PSOM (Class of 2023). He successfully matched into Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Class of 2029) IR/DR residency program!

  • Dan Cohen-Addad, MD

    Dr. Cohen-Addad is presently an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Emory University. He is a graduate of the 2022 Penn Neuroradiology fellowship.

  • Raghav Mattay, MD

    Dr. Mattay is presently completing a 2-year Neuroendovascular Fellowship at UCSF. He is a graduate of the 2022 Penn Neuroradiology fellowship and served as Chief Fellow.

  • Brianna Moon, PhD

    Dr. Moon is presently a radiology research fellow at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital and previously a HHMI Interfaces Scholar earning her PhD in the Department of Bioengineering in the CorLab at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Kofi-Buaku Atsina, MD

    Dr. Atsina is presently a diagnostic and interventional neuroradiologist at Radiology Associates of Richmond. He is a graduate of the 2021 Penn Neuroradiology fellowship.

  • Athanasios (Thanos) Pavlou, MD

    Dr. Pavlou is a diagnostic radiology resident at the University of Maryland Medical School in the Research Track. He was a former Penn Neuroradiology Research Fellow in 2020-2021.

  • Jose (Joey) Saucedo, MD

    Joey is a former PSOM medical student (Class of 2022) & successfully matched into Interventional Radiology at UCSD!

  • Morgan Burke, BS

    Morgan is presently a veterinary technician. She was previously a Penn Neuroradiology Clinical Research Coordinator and Research Assistant.

  • Samantha (Guiry) Nakos, MD

    Samantha is presently a resident in Emergency Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. She was previously a Penn Neuroradiology Clinical Research Coordinator and Research Assistant (2018-19).