She earned her medical degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia amd completed a residency in general surgery at WVU in Morgantown, WV. She also completed a Society of Surgical Oncology Breast Oncology Fellowship at Akron General Medical Center, in Akron, Ohio. She stayed on as staff at Akron General Medical Center and served as the Medical Co-Director of the Reflections Breast Health Center and as assistant program director for the Breast Oncology Fellowship and also served as a clinical associate professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University. In addition, she worked as a clinical consultant of the Breast Care Center for the Aultman Hospital Foundation in Canton, Ohio.