She is also an attending physician in Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She received her medical degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1993, and completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Oakland in 1996. She went on to do a chief resident year, as well a fellowship in PEM at Children’s Hospital Oakland, and remained on as faculty until her relocation to Emory in 2012.