Dr. Hemphill graduated with honors from the University of Miami with a bachelor’s of science in microbiology and immunology in 2005. She then received her medical degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida in 2009. In 2012, she started her residency program in family medicine at Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Florida where she served as chief resident. She was awarded the Y.Bb Auyeung Pediatrics Award in Family Medicine during her chief year. After completing residency, she worked as a traditional family medicine physician in Apopka, Florida. She then began her career in academic medicine at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, where she served as assistant professor and co-clerkship director for the 3rd year family medicine clerkship. In 2015, she was awarded the Florida Academy of Family Physicians (FAFP) Young Leader Award which recognizes an outstanding service to the Florida Academy of Family Physicians and the specialty of Family Medicine by a young physician. She loves to “attempt to cook” and spending time with family and friends.