She came to the United States in 1996 after finishing high school in Vietnam. She graduated as a valedictorian from North Shore Community College, MA, then magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College, MA. She obtained a Ph.D in Biochemistry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2005 with a dissertation on the molecular basis of intracellular calcium regulation. She completed her medical training in 2009 at Dartmouth Medical School, NH, followed by Internal Medicine residency in 2012 at Massachusetts General Hospital, MA. She returned to Baltimore for a Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2012-2015). She also completed an Advanced Heart Failure Fellowship at Columbia University, NY in 7/2016. Dr. Ton joined the University of Maryland faculty in 8/2016.