Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University in Chicago. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology at the University of Iowa. She completed her medical training at Rush University in Chicago including medical school, internal medicine residency and hematology/oncology fellowship. She has been on faculty at Rush University, University of Chicago, and more recently Northwestern University. She has been named as regional Chicago top doctor. She specializes in the treatment of malignancies of the lung, esophagus, and head and neck.