She received her medical degree from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where she also completed a four-year Diagnostic Radiology residency in 2001. In 2002, Dr. Delaney completed an MRI fellowship at Albert Einstein Hospital, Brazil, followed by the completion of a MRI imaging chief fellowship in 2003. In 2009, Dr. Delaney completed a one-year general surgery internship, followed by a second Diagnostic Radiology residency in 2013 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in California. In 2014, she completed a Cardiothoracic Imaging fellowship at UCSF. In July 2014, Dr. Delaney accepted an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology position in the Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging section at the San Francisco General Hospital.