Vanessa Niles, R.N., M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Dr. Vanessa Niles is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) with more than 40 years of experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Meharry Medical College and completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center.

She has a well-established and respected history of worldwide medical collaboration, research, philanthropy, and outreach. She was appointed by former President Bush as an International Medical Ambassador, reflecting her global commitment to women's health and medical excellence.

Throughout her distinguished career, Dr. Niles has remained a passionate advocate for her patients, combining clinical expertise with a holistic, compassionate approach to care.

Her route into medicine informs how she practices it. Dr. Niles trained and worked as a registered nurse before earning her medical degree, and the R.N. still sits in her credentials alongside the M.D. Nursing teaches a different kind of attention than medical school does — time at the bedside, and the habit of listening to what a patient reports rather than only to what the chart says. In menopause care, where symptoms are frequently dismissed or attributed to something else, that is not a soft skill. It is the diagnostic method.

Board certification in obstetrics and gynecology requires written and oral examination after residency, and Fellowship of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG) requires maintaining it. Both are meaningful here specifically: hormone therapy decisions turn on contraindications, personal and family history, and the timing of the menopause transition — the assessment an OB-GYN is trained to make and general practice is not.

Dr. Niles holds active medical licenses in Georgia, number 064619, and South Carolina, number 13889, and practices from Atlanta. Her NPI, 1922199470, has been active since 2006 and resolves to a public federal registry record. All three are listed below and can be checked independently.