Sanford J. Kempin, M.D.
Director of Clinical Research
MDS Program
 

Sanford J. Kempin, MD, is the Director of Clinical Research and an attending physician at St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York City. A board certified oncologist and hematologist, Dr. Kempin has been at SVCCC since 2000.

In addition to his responsibilities at SVCCC, Dr. Kempin serves as a Regional Director of Clinical Research for Aptium Oncology and is an assistant professor at New York Medical College.

Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Kempin has authored numerous articles that have been published in medical journals, including Blood, Cancer, Clinical Oncology, Cancer Investigation, and Leukemia. Dr. Kempin has also presented his work across the country at various conferences and lectures, most recently at ECOG Protocol Presentations in both Washington, DC and Orlando. He is a member of several professional organizations, such as American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Kempin graduated from the University of Louvain, Belgium and completed his internship at St. Mary's Hospital-Montreal Children's Hospital in Montreal. He later completed his residency in internal medicine at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital-Faulkner Hospital in Boston. Dr. Kempin was awarded a fellowship in pediatric hematology from St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and another in the Department of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College. He also received a research fellowship from Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in New York City. Dr. Kempin received his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College.