Carlos Benitez, M.D.
Carlos Benitez, M.D.

Carlos Benitez, M.D.

Diagnostic Radiology
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Specialties
Diagnostic Radiology, more

Locations and Appointments


Weill Cornell Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian

1305 York Avenue
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10021
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Weill Cornell Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian

1283 York Avenue
7th Floor
New York, NY 10065
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Weill Cornell Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian

53 Beekman Street
Ground Level
New York, NY 10038
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Radiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

525 East 68th Street
New York, NY 10065
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Weill Cornell Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian

2315 Broadway
4th Floor
New York, NY 10024
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  • AETNA
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  • Oxford Health Plans
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthcare

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About Carlos Benitez, M.D.

Carlos L. Benitez, M.D. is a Board-Certified radiologist specializing in Musculoskeletal Imaging. He is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and an Assistant Attending Radiologist at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus.


Dr. Benitez graduated from the University of California, San Diego, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1991. He then received two Master of Science Degrees in Mechanical Engineering Design and Biomedical Engineering at Stanford University in 1993 and 1994. Dr. Benitez then returned to UC San Diego to complete his medical degree in 1998.


Dr. Benitez completed an internal medicine internship at the University of California, Irvine, from 1998 to 1999. He completed residency training in Diagnostic Radiology from 1999 to 2003 at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell College of Medicine. Dr. Benitez then completed a fellowship in Musculoskeletal Radiology at New York University Medical Center/Hospital for Joint Diseases in 2004.


After twenty-one subsequent years of clinical practice in Roosevelt Hospital and Mount Sinai New York, Dr. Benitez joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine in September 2024 as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology.


Dr. Benitez has interests in musculoskeletal ultrasonography, MRI and point of care radiology in sports medicine. He has been the tournament radiologist for the US Open Tennis Championships in New York since 2015 and serves as a member of the Sport Science Commission of the USTA.


Dr. Benitez is a member of the following radiological societies:• Radiological Society of North America• Society of Skeletal Radiology


Board Certifications

  • Radiology
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Expertise

  • Bone Scan

  • Computerized Axial Tomography (CT)

  • CT Scan of the Body

  • Emergency Ultrasound

  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

  • MRI of the Foot and Ankle

  • MRI of the Hand and Wrist

  • MRI of the Knee

  • MRI of the Shoulder

  • Musculoskeletal Imaging

  • Musculoskeletal Radiology

  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

  • Orthopedic Radiology

  • PET Scan

  • PET-CT

  • Positron Emission Tomography

  • Ultrasound

  • X-Ray Imaging

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Education

  • Degrees: Stanford University

  • Degrees: Stanford University

  • Degrees: University of California, San Diego

  • Degrees: University of California, San Diego

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Languages

  • English
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Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Radiologist

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology

Education

  • Degrees: University of California, San Diego
  • Degrees: Stanford University
  • Degrees: Stanford University
  • Degrees: University of California, San Diego

Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Attending Radiologist
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology

Board Certifications

  • Radiology

Languages Spoken

  • English