Dr. Nakesha King graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed her general surgery training at The Ohio State University. She completed her Masters of Science during her research sabbatical concentrating on tissue engineered vascular grafts at the Center of Regenerative Medicine of Nationwide Children's Hospital. She returns to New York as a General and Trauma Surgeon as well as an Intensivist in the Department of Surgery at the Maimonides Medical Center. In addition to her clinical duties, she enjoys participating in residency education and community outreach.