She has fellowship training in advanced breast cancer surgery, including skin and nipple-sparing mastectomy, sentinel node biopsy and oncoplastic techniques. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she double-majored in English and Biology, then received her medical education at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY. She completed both her internship and her residency in the Department of General Surgery at the University of Rochester and received her fellowship training in the Department of Surgery, Breast Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY.