Dr. Kitago received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. After completing her Neurology Residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, she completed a 2-year research fellowship with Dr. John Krakauer and a Vascular Neurology fellowship at the Neurological Institute at Columbia Presbyterian Medical center. She joined the faculty of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2011. Dr. Kitago has a clinical practice in Neurology with a focus on cerebrovascular diseases, including ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), intracerebral hemorrhage, arterial dissection, arteriovenous malformation, and sinus thrombosis.