She received her MD degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. She then went on to complete a primary care residency in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and a clinician-educator fellowship in Geriatrics at Boston University. She is currently an Assistant Dean in the office of student affairs and the course director for one of the doctoring courses at BUSM. She has also served as the assistant clerkship director for the 4th year geriatrics ambulatory clerkship. She is the faculty advisor for the geriatric student interest group. Clinically she provides home base primary care to frail elders in the community surrounding Boston Medical Center.