Joshua Budhu, MD, MS, MPH
Neuro-oncologist
Health services researcher
About Me
Dr. Joshua Budhu is a neuro-oncologist and health services researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He specializes in the treatment of patients with Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors, including glioblastomas, gliomas, CNS lymphomas, meningiomas, and brain metastases.
Dr. Budhu trained in neuro-oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital through Harvard Medical School. Prior to his neuro-oncology fellowship, he completed an internal medicine internship at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and residency at the Harvard BWH-MGH neurology program, where he served as a Chief Resident. Dr. Budhu was selected as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Minority Policy and earned a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The Why Behind My Mission to Advance Health Equity
Dr. Budhu’s commitment to patient-centered care is deeply personal. After losing his eldest brother to a preventable medical condition while in police custody, he became acutely aware of how systemic inequities and the social determinants of health shape patient outcomes. This devastating loss drives his mission and research to advance equity in healthcare.