She obtained her: BS in Kinesiology at the University of California at Los Angeles, CA; Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA; Residency and Fellowship at the Harris County Podiatric Surgical Residency Program, Houston, TX; and Philosophy Doctor (PhD) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Hew-Butler is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) and specializes in both sports medicine and exercise physiology. She currently conducts human studies pertaining to exercise endocrinology and has avid interest in disorders of fluid balance, all aspects of distance running, and would like to pursue clinical endocrine research in pediatric obesity, wound healing, and bone metabolism.