When Dr. Jerisa Berry steps into the emergency room in Palm Beach County, Fla., she embodies the very definition of calm in the chaos. As an emergency room physician, bestselling author, and advocate for women facing grief and infertility, Dr. Berry has built a career—and a ministry—on resilience. Her life is a testament to what can happen when talent meets tenacity, faith, and an unwavering refusal to give up.
But before the awards, the books, and the white coat, she was a young girl from Georgia with a love for science and a dream no one in her family had ever pursued.
The heart of the hospital
Emergency medicine, Dr. Berry explains, is not simply a specialty — it’s the beating heart of the health care system.
“We’re the hub of the hospital,” she says. “Any emergency, any acute illness, any crisis — people come to us. We see everything from coughs and colds to heart attacks, strokes, trauma, and gunshot wounds.”…