Eileen P. Smith, M.D.

Eileen P. Smith, M.D., has spent nearly three decades at City of Hope, beginning in 1988 as a fellow in medical oncology and bone marrow transplantation. She is the Francis & Kathleen McNamara Distinguished Chair in Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. 

 

A respected specialist in the field, Dr. Smith is a clinical professor and chair of City of Hope’s Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation.

 

She is currently running a clinical trial examining the effectiveness of administering a double or “tandem” dose of a patient's own healthy stem cells within a relatively short period of time.

 

Dr. Smith received her medical degree from University of Southern California where she also did a fellowship in hematology. She served in the National Health Service Corps, and is active in PRIM&R: Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research.