Vanessa Grubbs

Dr. Vanessa Grubbs is a double board-certified nephrologist and internist, published author, activist, and kidney donor. She is currently a primary care provider and director of adult medicine at Baywell Health, a federally qualified health center dedicated to being the trusted hub advancing the dignity and health of the Bay Area’s Black communities. She is also the founder & president of Black Doc Village, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the inequitable dismissal of Black resident physicians through research and policy change. Her first book, Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor’s Search for the Perfect Match (Amistad, 2017) tells her story of becoming a kidney donor, then nephrologist, and her experiences with ethical and controversial topics in nephrology. Her new book, Negligent by Design: Anti-Blackness in American Medicine and How to Address It, will be published in Fall 2025 by North Atlantic Books.