She graduated from an Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency at UBC in 1990, and did a fellowship year in Sexual Medicine at UBC in 1991. Her clinical practice has always dealt with female sexuality concerns but has become exclusively focused in this area since 1995. She has a teaching practice within the Department of Gynecology at Vancouver Hospital, and is also a consultant at the British Columbia Cancer Agency and the Center for Sexual Health in the area of female sexuality. She is the Director of Undergraduate Education for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and teaches and administrates the pelvic exam teaching for the University of British Columbia.