I received my BA from Goshen College in Goshen, IN, and my MD from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. I completed my Family Medicine Residency at Shadyside Family Practice in Pittsburgh, PA. I spent the past 27 years working at the Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, NM, as a Staff Physician while also being involved in various other roles & committees throughout the years related to pharmacy & therapeutics, utilization review, anti-coagulation clinic, jail medicine, and emergency services. I am board certified in Family Medicine.