Courtney L Yeager

Courtney Yeager is the founding director of the diagnostic medical sonography program at SHU. She has over 15 years of experience in radiology and health care, including roles as a radiologic technologist, sonographer, and registered radiologist assistant. As an advanced practice provider in radiology, her experience spans breast imaging, radiology consultation, clinical operations, program development, and healthcare innovation. She has held clinical and leadership roles at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian, with a particular focus on women’s health and breast imaging.

Yeager is passionate about healthcare education and believes strongly in creating supportive, engaging learning environments where students develop confidence, clinical reasoning, and the ability to connect what they learn in the classroom to the patients they serve. She believes excellent sonographers bring together technical expertise, critical thinking, compassionate communication, and professionalism, while recognizing the person behind every image. She strives to prepare students to care for and advocate for their patients and to approach an evolving field with curiosity and purpose.

Yeager has a strong interest in the future of medical imaging and the thoughtful integration of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence into healthcare education and practice. She believes innovation should enhance, rather than replace, the human connection at the heart of patient care. In addition to her clinical and academic work, she is the founder of a digital platform dedicated to patient education and empowerment, reflecting her commitment to making complex health information more accessible and meaningful to patients.