She is a board-certified pediatric neurologist, also specializing in headache medicine. She obtained her medical doctorate from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY, and then went on to a pediatrics residency at Westchester Medical Center. She completed her child neurology residency at Columbia University Medical Center-NYP, and following this, a Headache Medicine Fellowship at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Rahal is a member of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Headache Society.