Professor of Surgery
NYU
Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph is Professor at NYU Langone/NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Professor of Population Health. She serves as Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity for the Department of Surgery/Transplant Institute. She is the Clinical Systems Lead for the Institute for Excellence in Health Equity (IEHE). Dr. Joseph is co-director of the Welters Breast Health Outreach and Navigation Program.
Dr. Joseph currently serves on the editorial board of the Annals of Surgical Oncology, American Board of Surgery as an Examination Consultant for the Complex General Surgical Oncology Continuous Assessment, the SSO Training Committee, the ASBrS Breast Fellows Education Committee, the Society of University Surgeons Publications Committee, SSO Continuing Medical Education Committee, and chairs the ASBrS Selected Readings Committee.
From 2010-2021, Dr. Joseph served as Chief of Breast Services at Bellevue Hospital and in 2015 was named H+H/Bellevue Physician of the Year. Dr. Joseph graduated from Harvard College and received her medical degree and master’s in public health degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians of Surgeons and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, respectively. She completed her internship and general surgery residency training at NYU Langone Medical Center and her breast surgical oncology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Joseph was president of the Columbia VP&S Alumni Association and started the Columbia VP&S Women in Medicine Collaborative to support women medical students. For her service, she received the Columbia VP&S Gold Medal and the Columbia Alumni Medal from President Bollinger in 2022. She is the recipient of the Susan G. Komen Greater NYC Gay Clark Stoddard Compassionate Care Award, the American Cancer Society Healthcare Leadership Award, the American Cancer Society Eastern Division Leader in Cancer Care Award, and one of the top 10 Caribbean born female doctors in the United States.