Kevin Berry, MD, is the vice president for Military Medical Research at Samueli Institute, a nonprofit research organization focusing on integrative medicine, optimal healing environments, the role of the mind in healing, behavioral medicine, health care policy, and military and veterans’ health care.

Berry served 30 years with the Navy, including leadership positions as the chair of pediatrics at the Naval Medical Center San Diego; head of medical operations for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; deputy commander for clinical services at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; commanding officer at Naval Hospital Pensacola; and as director of operations for the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical Command. Berry has also served as the medical research and development portfolio manager for the United States Air Force Medical Service Agency.