She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of California, San Diego in 1998 with a B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry. She received her medical degree at Duke University in 2003, and completed her general surgery residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Dr. To then completed a Critical Care Fellowship followed by an Acute Care Fellowship, both at Washington University in St. Louis. She joined the University of Michigan faculty in October, 2011.