I grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona and Sandpoint, Idaho before heading east for college. I earned my bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Bryn Mawr College. My medical training is from the University of Pennsylvania, where I received a combined degree of Medical Doctorate and a Master’s in Education (MD, MEd).
My career changing chance meeting was with pathologist Dr. Leslie Litzky, who sat next to me at a Women in Medicine dinner at Penn. The interest she sparked in me led to my residency in anatomic pathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a fellowship in Molecular Genetic Pathology.
I’ve held academic, clinical and leadership/administrative positions at the University of Pittsburgh, the Cleveland Clinic, and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. I moved south in 2011 to accept the Chair of Pathology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences where I served until 2020. At UAMS, I also held the roles of Chief of Staff, Medical Executive Committee Chair, and Credentials Committee Chair. In the summer of 2020, I moved to the University of Florida in Gainesville, where I became the Chair of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine.