Emad is a co-founder of Clear Guide Medical, advises in the ultrasound field, and Assistant Professor of Radiology, Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the director of the Medical Ultrasound Imaging and Intervention Collaboration (MUSiiC) research laboratory.

His research interest for over 10 years has focused on image-guided intervention and advanced ultrasound imaging, a subject in which he has over 35 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 100 conference articles, and more than 25 pending/issued patents. His lab has industry collaborators including Siemens Medical, Actuated Medical Inc., Acoustic MedSystems, Think Surgical, Sonavex Surgical, and Intuitive Surgical.