She received her MD from Tulane University and served as chief resident in neurology at UCLA. Her first fellowship was in neurobehavior, and later served as the National MS Society Hampstead Rhodes Clinical Fellow at UCSF. Since joining the faculty at UCSF in 2006, she has been awarded the faculty development award and has completed the Teaching Scholars’ Program. She has focused her efforts on creating a blended curriculum for patient education and support including: a monthly support group, an educational podcast program, a webex program for new diagnosis orientation with the National MS Society, and a collaborative program with the Stanford MS Center that encourages learning and community building. She is a board member for the National MS Society and focuses her efforts on building a comprehensive care program for patients with MS.