She received her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Following medical school, she completed an internal medicine residency and an integrated fellowship in Palliative Medicine and Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. During her fellowship, she also completed the Montefiore-Einstein Certificate Program in Bioethics and Medical Humanities. Dr. Smith is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Geriatric Medicine with the American Board of Internal Medicine.