Dr. McCrea graduated from Brown University with honors with an ScB degree in biochemistry. She then received her Doctorate of Medicine and a PhD in Cell Biology from Yale University. She subsequently completed her neurosurgical residency at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. As a resident, Dr. McCrea also had the honor of being selected to attend the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Leadership Development Course for Residents. She then completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery and served as the Shillito Staff Associate at Boston Children’s Hospital/ Harvard Medical School.