Joseph Tibaldi can recount his life by the distinctive boroughs of New York City. In 1971, Joe graduated Msgr. McClancy as class valedictorian. Armed with the skills the Brothers of McClancy had equipped him with, he moved to Manhattan to attend Columbia University. There he graduated cum laude in 1975 and received his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry. Afterwards, he went cross-town where he attended Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and stayed to complete his residency in Internal Medicine. His next adventure directed him to the Bronx’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine to earn his specialization in Endocrinology.
But it’s hard to achieve all this academic success alone. Joe was lucky enough to marry his college sweetheart, Jane, 33 years ago. Jane, also originally from Queens, is the Administrative Director of Reproductive Endocrinology at North Shore University Hospital. They currently live in Manhasset with their two children Christopher and Ariana.
Today, Joe sees patients in The Queens Diabetes and Endocrinology Associates, a private practice located in Fresh Meadow. The practice is comprised of five doctors and is affiliated with the American Diabetes Association as a recognized education program. He has also been the Director of Endocrinology at Flushing Hospital since 1986. He belongs to many professional societies including the American Diabetes Association and the Endocrine Society, and also has fellowship status in the American College of Physicians. Several times he has also been honored in the “Best Doctors” lists of New York Magazine, The New York Times and Castle Connolly.
Joe also pursues another love in addition to practicing medicine—teaching. For over 25 years now, Joe has been a voluntary member of the teaching faculty at his ala matter, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. There, he finds fulfillment helping train future physicians, in particular the Endocrinology fellows. Joe’s passion for teaching stems from his mother, a retired second grade teacher, who always served as his role model and helped him with his Spanish and Latin homework while at McClancy High School.
Over the years Joe has written many review articles on endocrine issues that have been published in major journals. Because of his expertise, Joe regularly travels nationally—and internationally—to lecture on important diabetes topics. This year he will be focusing on working with PriMed, one of the largest organizations granting continuing medical education to physicians. However, his favorite lectures are the ones that take him abroad. His most recent trip this year was to Vietnam and Cambodia.
He knows though his success would not have been possible without the brothers and teachers of McClancy instilling in him the love of learning, especially with his love in the sciences and mathematics. This has allowed him to continue to be a continual student of medicine as the field is always evolving and there is always so much to learn. But more importantly, the brothers and teachers taught him the importance of great teachers, which is why Joe is always eager to pass on his own knowledge as others before had been so kind to do for him.