She completed medical school and MedPeds residency training at UIC. She served as Chief Resident for the MedPeds and Pediatrics residency programs. Dr. Shoener has interests in legislative advocacy, transitional care, and medical education, particularly simulation. She supervises residents in the MedPeds and Peds resident clinics and off-site at a Federal Job Corp Training Center caring for adolescents and young adults. She is also a supervising hospitalist in the Clinical Decision Unit, a new observation area for patients who need care beyond the emergency room. Finally, Dr. Shoener has now assumed a role in clinic administration for the Child and Youth Center (pediatrics clinic).