Dr. Klein received her undergraduate degree (mechanical engineering) from the University of Missouri-Rolla and earned her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in orthopedic surgery at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital followed by a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at the Foundation for Orthopaedic, Athletic and Reconstructive Research & Baylor College of Medicine in Houston under the direction of Thomas O. Clanton, MD.