Rebecca S. Cornelius, MD

Bio

Rebecca Cornelius, MD, joined the UC Health as a neuroradiologist
at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC) and an assistant
professor of radiology at the University of Cincinnati in 1991.  Dr. Cornelius has been a radiologist at the
UC Neuroscience Institute since its inception in 1998 and a professor of
radiology at the college since 2009. She has a special interest in head & neck
imaging, with a secondary appointment as a professor of otolaryngology. Dr.
Cornelius also practiced breast imaging for several years at UC.

Dr. Cornelius is a Cincinnati native and is a graduate of
McAuley High School and Xavier University. She has spent her entire career in
Cincinnati, with 20 of her 22 years in practice exclusively at UCMC.  Her interest in radiology and neuroradiology
developed when she began her career as a radiologic technologist, after
graduating from the radiologic technology program at Xavier University, where
she was class valedictorian. After working for 5 years as a radiologic
technologist she decided to pursue a degree in medicine. As a medical student
she was selected for the Mayfield Clinic medical student summer fellowship
program.

Dr. Cornelius has an interest in global medical care in
underserved areas. She has participated in medical mission work in rural
Honduras and served as a consultant in the initiation of a telemedicine service
at one of the Shoulder to Shoulder (Hombro a Hombro) clinic sites in Concepcion,
Intibuca Province, Honduras. She has also traveled with the People to People
organization to visit medical facilities in South Africa.

Dr. Cornelius is active in radiology education. She has
served in a number of roles as a volunteer with the American Board of Radiology
and is currently chair of the neuroradiology section of the diagnostic
radiology core certifying exam, as well as serving regularly as an oral
examiner for the diagnostic radiology exam and neuroradiology subspecialty
exam. She is vice- chair of the neuroradiology section of the American College
of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria panel, which develops guidelines for
appropriate utilization of radiology exams for use by referring clinicians. She
is a member of the executive committee of the American Society of Head and Neck
Radiology and is currently serving as associate editor of the head & neck section
of the online journal, Neurographics.

Dr. Cornelius is married and her son is a freshman at
University of Minnesota/ Guthrie Theater BFA acting program. She also has 4
stepchildren, 4 grandchildren and 2 very lively boxer dogs.