Her primary research interests include the development of stroke after cardiac surgery as well as improving functional outcome scales after stroke. She hopes to improve treatment of stroke by investigating its causes and outcomes.Dr. Gottesman received her medical degree from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. She completed her internship in internal medicine at The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and her neurology residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She received a Ph.D. in the Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation (GTPCI) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.