Dr. Cushing received an M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2001. She completed clinical pathology residency at Emory University School of Medicine in 2005. She finished her training with a fellowship in Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Cushing joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College in October 2006. She is the Executive Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pathology and Laborataory Medicine, Medical Director of the Clinical Laboratories and Divsion Director of Transfusion Medicine and Cellular Therapy.