Smiling woman in a white medical coat and ID badge stands in a brightly lit hospital or clinic corridor, with staff and equipment blurred in the background.

Vice chair of education and residency program director in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Macy Scholar, former VUSM course director and member of the Faculty Senate

A native Nashvillian, she graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1999 with a degree in Biology and Math.

“I believe that there is no such thing as a perfect balance. There are just too many competing interests and demands, yet practicing Emergency Medicine is a constant reminder that life is too short not to take advantage of all the wonderful experiences life has to offer. I do my best to set my priorities first every day – faith, family, friends, residents and patients, and health – and make sure I am spending my time on those things that are most important in my life.”

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