# One in a Million: A Rare Diagnosis, a 14-Hour Surgery, and the Miracle That Changed Everything with Kerry Santucci

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Published: 2026-05-26T19:06:33+00:00
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## Resource

What do a rare tumor, 150 job rejections, a 14-and-a-half-hour surgery, and a baby named Jehovah Heals have in common? They're all chapters in the remarkable story of today's guest, Kerry Santucci. Kerry Santucci is a healthcare operations professional and values-driven problem solver with over 15 years of experience in healthcare management. Holding a Master of Health Administration from Florida Atlantic University, Kerry has spent her career bringing clarity to chaos — partnering with physicians, executives, and hospital teams to strengthen both systems and people. But Kerry's most defining lessons didn't come from a boardroom or a classroom. They came from the patient side of the hospital bed. At just 23 years old — only nine months into her marriage — Kerry was diagnosed with an extraordinarily rare tumor: one that occurs in only one in a million patients, typically in women who are pregnant or post-C-section. Kerry was neither. And the tumor wasn't where it was supposed to be. It had wrapped around to her spine. In this deeply personal and powerful conversation, Kerry shares: How becoming a patient inside the very healthcare system she served reshaped her compassion, her calling, and her faith The 14-and-a-half-hour surgery her neurosurgeon performed against the advice of every colleague — and the miracle that followed six months later How she and her husband waited two years before attempting to have a child, and the extraordinary meaning behind her son Josiah's name (Jehovah Heals) Her experience pursuing a master's degree at 40+ — and the painful surprise of delay, rejection, and over 150 job applications with no breakthrough What God taught her in the quiet, unseen seasons: about humility, faithfulness, serving without applause, and trusting the timing Why she…

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