She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a Diplomate of the American College of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine. The establishment of evidence based guidelines for the treatment of feline urethral obstruction is a research interest of hers and she is an invited speaker on this topic. She has completed several studies including an evaluation of prazosin, sacral-coccygeal epidural, a description of fluid overload, and an ongoing study on decompressive cystocentesis.