Dr. Vallabhajosula attended high school in the small town of Bobbili, Andhra Pradesh, India. He graduated from Andhra University with a BS and MS in Pharmacy and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California, in 1980. After receiving the doctorate, he first worked at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York and since 1997 has been a Professor of Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacy in Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital. He is now the Professor Emeritus in Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine.