Sandra Huicochea Castellanos, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Division of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics,
Weill Cornell Medicine
Dr. Sandra Huicochea Castellanos is a radiologist and board-certified nuclear medicine physician specializing in Oncologic Imaging. She is Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Radiologist at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Campus.
Dr. Huicochea Castellanos completed her residency training in Diagnostic Radiology in Mexico City. After working for five years as a radiologist in Mexico she moved to New York and completed a residency in Nuclear Medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. As a Latina, she has a better understanding of some of the social factors that impact the health among the Hispanic population. Also, as a native Spanish speaker, she is able to overcome the language barrier that many in this demographic population face. Dr. Huicochea Castellanos focuses her research efforts on clinical and radiological research focused around prostate cancer. As part of Rad Health Equity, she hopes to increase the awareness surrounding cancer-related healthcare disparities as a means of addressing health equity.