Matthew McCarty, MD

Weill Cornell Medicine is dedicated to delivering exceptional and compassionate patient care, operating in affiliation with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. With a robust network of 173 locations in New York and a team of over 2,000 doctors, they focus on advancing patient care through innovative clinical services and digital health options. Recognized as a leader in healthcare, Weill Cornell Medicine prides itself on providing individualized clinical care, fostering groundbreaking biomedical research, and educating future generations of doctors and scientists. Their commitment to patient satisfaction is reflected in their high satisfaction scores and extensive patient resources. Generated from the website

Dr. Paul Pagnini has served as a leader in community-based and academic radiation oncology for the past 20 years. Dr. Pagnini completed his residency training in Radiation Oncology at Tufts/New England Medical Center where he was chief resident in his final year. He was awarded the prestigious Research Fellowship Award from the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology, which enabled him to study the role of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for the treatment of cancers of the central nervous system. He has served on the Faculty of the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine where he was the Radiation Oncology Residency Program Director. His most recent position was with the Cleveland Clinic Florida, where he served as Department Chair for the last five years. He has multiple peer reviewed publications in the areas of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), 3-D conformal radiation therapy, Cyberknife, and Gamma-Knife radiosurgery.

Dr. Hadley Brighton is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant pediatric attending at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital at Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. Prior to joining Weill Cornell Medicine as faculty, she completed her Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship at the bi-campus program at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia and Cornell Universities. After earning a B.A. in Spanish with a pre-medical concentration from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Dr. Brighton received a Masters in medical sciences from Boston University. She went on to get her MD from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton, Pennsylvania and then completed her pediatric residency training at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Brighton is board certified in Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Her research focus has been on provider communication and the intersection of language and health with a goal of increasing equity for families with a primary language other than English. Dr. Brighton is fluent in English and Spanish.