In 1995, Dr. Geraldine McGinty became Director of Ambulatory Imaging at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. She oversaw the planning and development of a new multimodality imaging center, helping double outpatient imaging volumes. The experience brought together clinical services, patient access, and operational planning in ways that would shape her career.
During this period, she also served as an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, a position she held from 1995 to 2002. Her work at Montefiore marked an early chapter in a career that would move from imaging operations into healthcare economics and institutional leadership.
Today, Dr. McGinty serves as Executive Vice Dean at Weill Cornell Medicine, a position she assumed on September 8, 2026. Her professional work has consistently focused on the intersection of payment policy, strategy, and innovation.
She is a board-certified radiologist specializing in Women’s Imaging. She earned her M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. from the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 1988, completed her radiology residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 1993, and undertook a fellowship in Women’s Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1994. She subsequently earned her MBA from Columbia University in 2000.
Practice, Partnership and Strategy
In 2002, Dr. McGinty became a physician and shareholder at NRAD Medical Associates, where she stayed until 2013. She served as Managing Partner from 2010 to 2012, helping lead a 70-physician multispecialty medical group on Long Island.
Her leadership responsibilities included overseeing operations and strategic direction, including the acquisition of 19 medical practices, electronic health record selection and implementation, and corporate restructuring. She led the Business Development Group and was responsible for IT strategic direction and operations management. She initiated a corporate restructuring and a review of revenue management that led to a new billing vendor. She also led the review of private payer contracts and developed strategies around imaging utilization management.
Dr. McGinty’s experience in practice management complemented her clinical background, giving her an understanding of how decisions involving contracts, reimbursement, technology, and operational structures affect the delivery of care.
The Voice of Radiology
Her leadership within the American College of Radiology (ACR) developed through several years of service. From 2012 to 2016, she chaired the Commission on Economics, contributing to the organization’s economics advocacy and payment policy work. She was also a member of the AMA Relative Value Update Committee, serving as radiology’s representative from 2012 to 2016. The committee develops recommendations on the relative values of physician services that inform Medicare physician-payment decisions.
She was a thought leader and change agent for the Imaging 3.0 initiative. She also contributed to the College’s work on new payment models and the transition toward value-based healthcare.
From 2016 to 2018, she served as Vice Chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors. In May 2018, she was elected Chair, becoming the first woman to hold the position in the organization’s nearly 100-year history. The College represents radiologists, radiation oncologists, and medical physicists in matters involving patients, policymakers, and healthcare payers.
In May 2020, she became President of the American College of Radiology, serving through May 2021. “I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve our profession,” she said as her term ended.
A Growing Role at Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. McGinty’s tenure at Weill Cornell Medicine began in March 2014 and now spans more than 12 years. In March 2015, she became Assistant Chief Contracting Officer, responsible for managed care and value-based contracting for a Physician Organization of approximately 1,200 members. In February 2017, she became Chief Contracting Officer, a role she held until January 2022, overseeing managed care contracting for approximately 1,600 physicians.
From January 2017 to September 2021, she was also Chief Strategy Officer. She created a new Strategy and Market Intelligence function, built a team, and curated a data asset repository to support more data-driven business planning and forecasting.
Her responsibilities brought together contracting, organizational strategy, and financial planning, extending her influence beyond radiology into the wider clinical enterprise.
Teaching ran in parallel. From February 2017 to May 2018, she was Assistant Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy & Research. From February 2017 to November 2018, she was Academic Director of the Executive MBA and Master’s in Healthcare Leadership. She called it a “terrific experience” and said her students inspired her with their “commitment and collaboration.”
She was Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology and Population Science from October 2019 to March 2022. In April 2022, she became Professor of Clinical Radiology and Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences. Since September 2021, she has been the E. Darracott Vaughan Jr. MD Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.
A Faculty to Nurture
Dr. McGinty also took on the Banga-Bibliowicz Senior Associate Dean for Faculty role, adding faculty affairs and development to her institutional responsibilities. Her work involves supporting the academic community and strengthening the environment in which faculty members teach, practice, and advance their careers.
She has described her priority in these terms: “One of my main priorities is to ensure that Weill Cornell is a place for our academic staff to thrive.”
On September 8, 2026, her responsibilities expanded further when she became Executive Vice Dean. In this role, she serves as a strategic adviser to the Dean and provides executive leadership across faculty affairs, faculty compensation policies, institutional professionalism, alignment of faculty roles with clinical services, and collaboration across the institution’s academic, clinical, and professional missions.
A Seat at Many Tables
From 2014 to September 2021, Dr. McGinty was a Non-Executive Director of IDA Ireland, chairing both the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee and the Sectoral Development Committee. From September 2014 to August 2021, she served on the board of New York City Health Business Leaders.
At NextGen Healthcare, she was a Board Member from August 2021 to November 2023 and a member of its Compensation Committee from October 2021 to November 2023. In September 2023, she joined the board of 4DMedical as a Non-Executive Director. She also serves on the Subscribers Advisory Committee of MCIC Vermont, which provides medical professional liability coverage to academic medical centers.
Closer to her profession, she has chaired the International Society of Radiology Commission on Radiologic Education since November 2020. The International Society of Radiology is a non-state actor in official relations with the World Health Organization, representing the global radiological community in international healthcare discussions. She was President of the New York Celtic Medical Society from July 2019 to July 2021, and has been a Member of the Governing Authority of the University of Galway since May 2021. She is a Founding Member of Extraordinary Women on Boards, also since June 2021.
In 2016, she founded RADxx, now known as RADEqual, an initiative that fosters networking, mentorship, and professional development in radiology and imaging informatics.
Across her work in clinical practice, healthcare economics, academic leadership, and professional organizations, Dr. McGinty has continued to connect the strategic decisions shaping radiology with the people responsible for advancing the specialty. Her emphasis on mentorship and institutional development reflects another dimension of that commitment: creating opportunities for professionals to contribute, lead, and shape the future of their field.
