She completed her internal medicine and hematology/oncology training at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a masters degree in clinical epidemiology. At UCSF she specializes in the treatment of patients with acute leukemias and myelodysplastic syndrome. Her research is focused on older adults with hematologic malignancies, including clinical trials of novel therapeutic agents, as well as the application of allogeneic stem cell transplant in older patients. She is the Director of Inpatient Operations for the Malignant Hematology inpatient unit at Parnassus.