Cherisse Berry

Cherisse Berry, MD FACS is the Surgery Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Professor of Surgery at Rutgers Health, New Jersey Medical School, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care. Dr Berry completed her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience with a minor in French at the Johns Hopkins University. She went on to complete her Master's Degree in Biology at Harvard University, Medical Degree at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, and General Surgery Residency at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. She spent three years at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center/University of Maryland where she completed an Acute Care Surgery Fellowship and Trauma Research Fellowship before joining the Division of Acute Care Surgery at New York University Grossman School of Medicine where she held numerous leadership roles during her tenure including Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery, Medical Director of the Inpatient Surgery Unit, and Associate Trauma Medical Director at NYC Health & Hospitals-Bellevue. Dr. Berry is double board certified by the American Board of Surgery (ABS) in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care and has had a formidable interest in research and trauma systems. She is a Reviewer for the Surgery, Anesthesiology, and Trauma (SAT) NIH Study Section and is R01 NIH-funded investigator with over 100 peer-reviewed published manuscripts/book chapters/editorials/commentaries. She has held numerous national leadership roles including Vice Chair and Education Pillar Lead of the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors Executive Committee, Chair of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) DEI Committee, Chair of the Women in Surgery Committee for the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, Examiner for the American Board of Surgery Certifying Exam, and she was recently elected a Fellow of the American Surgical Association. Dr. Berry is a surgeon scientist committed to ending racial and ethnic health disparities and to closing the gap in achieving health equity.