She received her medical degree from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, followed by an Internal Medicine Residency and Rheumatology Fellowship. In addition she received a Bush Medical Fellowship and a National Institute of Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Complementary Therapies and Clinical Research. Prior to joining Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in 2007, she worked at Hennepin County Medical Center in the Department of Medicine, Division of Addiction and Alternative Medicine. Dr Wesa is a board-certified internist specializing in treating patients with symptoms related to cancer or cancer treatment. She uses an integrative approach to combine evidence based complementary therapies with conventional treatments in managing cancer-related symptoms.