She is an ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES), having served in the past as Coordinator and Clinical Exercise Physiologist of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation at St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center in Patterson, NJ. Dr. Dooly has been teaching in the area of Exercise Science at the collegiate level since 1995. Her research interests revolve around exercise and balance intervention programming for the at-risk elderly. Dr. Dooly serves as the Membership Chair of the Clinical Exercise Physiology Association (CEPA). She is passionate about moving forward the legislative process for Clinical Exercise Physiologists to seek licensure.