Dr. Hempstead is Professor of Medicine and Co-Chief of the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, and is also the O. Wayne Isom Professor of Medicine. She is an internationally recognized expert in intracellular signaling by receptor tyrosinekinases, and her laboratory focuses on the actions of peptide growth factors, the neurotrophins, to regulate cell migration, proliferationand cellular apoptosis. These processes regulate tumor metastasis, and the development of blood vessels during normal developmentand during tumor growth. These research interests have been supported by the National Institutes of Health,The American Heart Association, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Dr. Hempstead has clinical interests in hemostasis and thrombosis, and treats patients with non-malignant hematologic conditions.
Dr. Hempstead is also the Co-Chief of theDivision of Hematology and Medical Oncology at Weill Cornell. The Division consists of over 30 physicians and nurse practitioners, and thirteen independent laboratories focused on basic and translational research in hematology, vascular biology and oncology.
1976-1982 Medical Scientist Training Program, Washington University Medical College
1982-1985 Intern and Resident, Department of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
1984 Guest Investigator, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
1985-1989 Fellow, Hematology-Oncology, Cornell Medical Center,
1985-1987; Instructor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
1989-1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical Center
1995 -1998 Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical Center
(with tenure, 1998), New York, NY
2001 Professor, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
2004 Co-Chief, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical Center, New York, NY
