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Overview

Dr. T. Kemi Babagbemi earned her B.S. degree, Summa Cum Laude, from Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA in 1994. She was awarded her M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA in 1998.  Dr. Babagbemi was an intern (1998-1999) at The Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA. She received her radiology residency training (1999-2003) in Diagnostic Radiology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Babagbemi was elected Chief Radiology Resident in 2001-2002.

She remained at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital for additional training in Women’s Imaging and Emergency Radiology. Dr. Babagbemi achieved Board Certification in Diagnostic Radiology from the American Board of Radiology in 2003. 

In December 2006, Dr. Babagbemi joined the full time faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College.  She is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical  Radiology; she an Assistant Attending Radiologist at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus.

Her clinical interests are in women’s imaging (mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI), ultrasonography (including obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound), emergency radiology and cross-sectional body imaging (CT). She is a member of the Emergency Radiology Division and Weill Cornell Imaging at NYP, our multi-site outpatient imaging practice.

Dr. Babagbemi is very active and involved in teaching radiology residents and medical students. She is currently the course director for the Weill Medical College Introduction to Clinical Imaging course, RAD 104.NY, and an assistant program director of the Radiology residency.

Prior to joining Weill Cornell, Dr. Babagbemi was an attending radiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in both the Ultrasound and Breast Imaging departments. Dr. Babagbemi was board certified in diagnostic radiology in 2003. Before joining the full-time faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Babagbemi was an attending radiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in both the Ultrasound and Breast Imaging departments. Her clinical interests are in women’s imaging, ultrasonography (including obstetrical and gynecological ultrasound), emergency radiology and cross-sectional body imaging.

Highlights

  1. 1
    Academic radiology · 2021
    PMID: 33773896DOISenior author13 citations
  2. 2
    Clinical imaging · 2023
    PMID: 36645931DOISenior author

Publications

35 publications

Funding

1 grant

Active

1 grant
  • Co-I
    In-vivo Characterization of White Adipose Tissue with Quantitative Ultrasound
    National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering · 2025–2026
    R21EB035809-01A1

Clinical research

2 studies

Active

1 study
  • PI
    Performance of endometrial stripe threshold (greater than 4mm) in identifying endometrial cancer among individuals of differing race and ethnicity
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2026)
Completed & closed trials (1)
  • PI
    Enhancing and Nurturing Cultural Diversity and Competence in Current and Future Health Professionals in the Field of Radiology
    Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2025)

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External relationships

Advisory/Scientific Board Member

Iwosan Medical Advisory Council