After having received a BS in Psychology at Ohio State in 1985, she returned to obtain her MD there in 1989. Her residency in Internal Medicine was followed by an additional fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, completed at The Ohio State University Medical Center. During the final year of her fellowship, she obtained special training in Pulmonary Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh. Following her return from Pittsburgh, she served the Department of Internal Medicine at OSU as Chief Resident during the 1995-1996 academic year.