Maria Joseph
Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
Ms. Joseph is the Chief Privacy and Clinical Compliance Officer at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM). Ms. Joseph has been with WCM for over a decade and has been instrumental in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Cornell’s exemplary clinical and clinical research billing compliance and privacy programs, while providing comprehensive oversight and ensuring compliance across the WCM campus. Previously, she served as Assistant Vice President and Corporate Compliance Officer at Northwell Health, where she led compliance and privacy programs for an extensive network of physician practices. Ms. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Art in Business Administration from Baruch College, an Executive MBA from Baruch-Zicklin School of Business, is currently pursuing her law degree, and possesses multiple specialized compliance certifications. Ms. Joseph will maintain reporting lines, directly to Dr. Szilárd Kiss, Associate Dean of Clinical Compliance, and Vipin Kamath, WCM's Chief Information Officer for Privacy Compliance, while also now reporting to Aditya Misra, Vice President & Chief Risk Officer.