Vanessa Kerry

Dr. Nahed conducts research in brain cancer and is a spine and tumor surgeon. Dr. Nahed's family resides in Los Angeles.

Kerry graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a major in biology. While a student at Yale, she played for the varsity lacrosse team. After graduating with her bachelor's degree, she went to the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she received a master’s of science in health policy, planning and financing. While in London, she was a Fulbright Scholar. Afterwards, she attended the Harvard Medical School from where she graduated with Honors. There, she interned with the Vaccine Fund of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she conducted a study on immunization in Ghana. She later studied and advised on government relations for health and development in Rwanda. Read Less