She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Southern Methodist University in 1995 and her Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Georgia in 1999. She completed her Residency in Emergency Medicine in 2002 and Fellowship in Medical Toxicology in 2004 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She is currently Board Certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. She actively works as an emergency physician in the Parkland Hospital emergency department and serves as a medical toxicologist in the North Texas Poison Center. She currently has a very busy forensic medical toxicology practice serving as an expert witness in Civil and Criminal cases and has provided live testimony in over a dozen trials.