About
Personal Statement
My vision for our Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics Service is to translate the best science into practice. This starts with a focus on clinical excellence, and developing a culture of mentorship of the junior faculty and trainees who will initiate the next practice-changing diagnostics beyond fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). This next phase will require establishing viable, reimbursable therapeutics and establishing a firm connection with non-imaging sciences. Finally, we must also engage our patients and community to ensure that this advanced imaging meets the quality metrics that will clearly alter the practice of medicine.
Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Nuclear Medicine
Expertise
- Molecular Imaging
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Nuclear Radiology
- Body MRI
- MRI of the Abdomen
- MRI of the Pelvis
- MRI Liver
- PET-CT
- PET Scan
- Ultrasound Imaging
- PET-CT Entire Body
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Fluoroscopy
- Bone Density Test
- Bone Scan
- Osteoporosis Screening
- Radionuclide Therapy For Metastases of Bone
- Cancer Screening
Biography
Joseph Osborne M.D., Ph.D. is the Chief of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics and a Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is an Attending Radiologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Osborne earned his M.D. at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and his PhD in Biochemistry at Columbia’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in New York, NY. After an internship in the department of Internal Medicine at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., Dr. Osborne completed his residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital followed by a fellowship training in Nuclear Medicine. Dr. Osborne also completed post-doctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY.
Dr. Osborne is the Head of the Radiology Health Equity Lab where his goal as a physician-scientist is to promote practical value-added imaging that is closely aligned with precision medicine. In line with this goal, he is currently the principle investigator on an Academic Industrial Partnership RO1 grant “A new technique to make 68Ga-labeled pharmaceuticals widely available for clinical use.”
He also has extramural duties as the Chair of the Innovation award review panel for the Damon Runyon Cancer Foundation.
Over his career, he has had a strong leadership role in physician training and mentoring, serving as Program Director of Nuclear Medicine Residency Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center as well as an additional three years in a similar role at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
Research
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Nuclear Medicine
- American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology)
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Attending Radiologist - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Professor of Radiology - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
Education and Training
- M.D., Ph.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2001
- B.S., Brown University, 1992
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
News and Media
News
External Relationships
External Relationships
Relationships and collaborations with for-profit and not-for profit organizations are of vital importance to our faculty because these exchanges of scientific information foster innovation. As experts in their fields, WCM physicians and scientists are sought after by many organizations to consult and educate. WCM and its faculty make this information available to the public, thus creating a transparent environment.
No External Relationships Reported