Christopher D. Hillyer

Christopher D. Hillyer, MD, serves as President and CEO of the New York Blood Center and is also a Senior Investigator at the Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute since September 2009. In addition, Christopher D. Hillyer holds the position of General Partner at NYBC Ventures, starting in April 2022. As a Professor in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College since September 2009, Christopher D. Hillyer also acts as an Advisor at the University of Groningen’s Academic Institute for International Development of Transfusion Medicine. Previously, Christopher D. Hillyer was a Distinguished Service Professor and Director in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine from July 2001 to August 2009 and was a tenured Professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology during the same period. Educational credentials include a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Hematology/Oncology fellowship at Tufts New England Medical Center, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Trinity College-Hartford.