Hugh C. Hemmings, Jr BS, MD, PhD, FRCA

Hugh C. Hemmings Jr., MD, PhD, FRCA is Distinguished Research Professor in Anesthetic Mechanisms, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology and Chair of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Anesthesiologist-in-Chief at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell. Dr. Hemmings earned a BS in Biochemistry from Yale College, a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Yale University, and an M.D. from Yale Medical School.

His Ph.D. work in the laboratory of Paul Greengard, Ph.D. was cited in his 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. He completed postdoctoral work at The Rockefeller University, a residency in anaesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia at NewYork Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he has been a faculty member for 21 years.

An internationally recognized neuropharmacologist, Dr. Hemmings is an expert in the synaptic effects of general anesthetics and mechanisms of neuronal signal transduction. His research in these areas is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health. He is active in several national and international societies for anesthesiology and neuroscience, and serves as an Editor for the journals Anesthesiology and the British Journal of Anaesthesia.

He was elected as Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2012. Dr. Hemmings has authored more than 100 articles in anesthesiology and neuroscience, and has edited four books, including Pharmacology & Physiology for Anesthesia: Foundations and Clinical Application published in 2013.