Hugh C. Hemmings, 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.