Geraldine McGinty

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Geraldine McGinty M.D., MBA, FACR, is an Irish and American physician. She served as from 2019-2020. She is the first woman to hold this post. Previously, she served as Chair of the American College of Radiology Commission on Economics.

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Early life and education

Dr. McGinty received her medical degree from the National University of Ireland. She came to the United States and completed a diagnostic radiology residency at the University of Pittsburgh, where she was Chief Resident. She completed her fellowship in women's imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital.  She completed her MBA at Columbia University while working as an attending physician at Montefiore Medical Center.

Medical career

Dr. McGinty was employed as an attending radiologist at Westchester County Medical Center from 1994 to 1995. She was then employed as an attending radiologist at Montefiore Medical Center from 1995 to 2002 also holding a faculty appointment at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. From 2010 to 2013, Dr. McGinty was one of three managing partners of a 70 physician multi-specialty medical group in Long Island. The practice was later acquired by NYU Langone Medical Center. In 2014, she joined the faculty of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City where she practices women's imaging and since 2021 has served as the E.Darracott Vaughan Jr.MD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.

Dr. McGinty was elected to serve as Chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors in May 2018, and was notably the first woman to hold this position.

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References

    [1] Geraldine McGinty: leading light in US radiology. The Lancet, Volume 395, Issue 10222, P407, February 8, 2020


    1. Lane, Richard (2020). "Geraldine Mc Ginty: Leading light in US radiology". The Lancet. 395 (10222): 407. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30180-X. PMID   32035542. S2CID   211053122.