Postdoctoral Fellow — Translational Cardiovascular Imaging

Mount Sinai; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute seeks an outstanding physician-scientist or quantitative scientist for a minimum two-year NIH-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The role blends cutting-edge translational cardiovascular imaging research with formal clinical training in multimodality cardiovascular imaging under Dr.

Stamatios Lerakis. The fellow will lead quantitative imaging analyses, develop pipelines, integrate data, and

Qualifications

• MD or MD/PhD with training or strong interest in cardiovascular medicine, cardiac imaging, electrophysiology, heart failure, or related disciplines
• PhD in biomedical engineering, imaging sciences, biomedical physics, computer science, or another quantitative discipline with experience in cardiovascular imaging
• Preferred qualifications include: experience with multimodality cardiovascular imaging, quantitative image analysis and image processing, familiarity with Python, MATLAB, R, FSL, SPM, or similar computational software

Responsibilities

• Lead quantitative analysis and interpretation of multimodality cardiovascular imaging studies, including cardiac MRI, PET, echocardiography, and cardiac CT
• Develop and optimize image processing and quantitative analysis pipelines using commercially available and proprietary software
• Integrate multimodality imaging, clinical, electrophysiologic, biomarker, and longitudinal outcomes data into secure HIPAA-compliant research databases
• Develop and maintain centralized research databases while facilitating data access for multidisciplinary collaborators
• Collaborate with cardiologists, biomedical engineers, imaging scientists, statisticians, and data scientists to develop innovative analytical approaches
• Participate in image registration, segmentation, radiomic analyses, and advanced quantitative image processing
• Lead preparation of first-author manuscripts for publication in leading cardiovascular journals
• Present research findings at national and international scientific meetings
• Participate in NIH grant preparation, annual progress reports, and future funding applications
• Mentor medical students, graduate students, and junior research trainees

Skills

Quantitative image analysis

Strong scientific writing

Independent collaboration

Education

MD or MD/PhD with cardiovascular imaging training

PhD in biomedical engineering/imaging sciences/computer science

Tools

Python

MATLAB

R

FSL

SPM

Job description

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute seeks an outstanding physician-scientist or quantitative scientist for a minimum two-year NIH-funded Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The role blends cutting-edge translational cardiovascular imaging research with formal clinical training in multimodality cardiovascular imaging under Dr.

Stamatios Lerakis. The fellow will lead quantitative imaging analyses, develop pipelines, integrate data, and