She graduated from the Medical College of Georgia and subsequently completed residency training in Internal Medicine at UAB. Her clinical duties are at the Veteran’s Administration in Birmingham where she is an attending physician in the Resident’s Primary Care Clinic and in the Emergency Room. She is the director of the Women Veteran’s Clinic and serves as Chair of the VA Peer Reviews Committee. She is the coordinator of the Ambulatory Block Month for Internal Medicine residents and Co-Director of the Internal Medicine Women’s Health Track. Special interests include women’s health, quality improvement, and teaching residents to deal with challenging situations such as addiction and substance abuse.