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N.E.D. band making waves while bringing attention to breast, gynecological cancers

The words medicine and music seem worlds away from one another. However, there is a group of medical doctors who are bridging the gap between science and art in hopes of raising awareness to a cause — women’s breast and gynecological cancers. The rock band N.E.D. (No Evidence of Disease) is a group of six GYN doctors.

“We met at an annual meeting of women’s cancers,” N.E.D. drummer/ percussionist and Director of Gynecological Oncology and Associate Director of Robotic Surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Nimesh P. Nagarsheth said. “In between these academic sessions, music equipment was put on stage … for us to blow off some steam. Afterwards, we started emailing back and forth to each other and we decided to learn a few cover songs.”

 

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