She is an AOA graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and completed her residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The New York Hospital. She then completed fellowship training in Maternal-Fetal Medicine before joining the faculty in 1986, where she has practiced both on the full time and voluntary faculties. She has participated in the evaluation of torture victims seeking asylum with HealthRight International and Physicians for Human Rights. Dr Edersheim has worked extensively with Victims of female genital cutting and sexual abuse, who are seeking asylum in the United States.