Born in Michigan and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dr. Padmanabhan earned her undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College and returned home to complete a Masters of Public Health at The University of Michigan School of Public Health. She then completed medical school and her urology residency at New York University Medical Center in New York, NY. In addition, Dr. Padmanabhan completed an accredited ABOG/ABU fellowship in female urology and pelvic reconstruction surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.