Professional History

Board Certification

• Hospice and Palliative Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics
  
• Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
  

Medical Education

• MD - McGill University
  Montreal, Canada
  1988
  

Residency/Fellowship

• Residency - Holtz Children's Hospital/Jackson Memorial Medical Center
  Miami, FL
  
• Fellowship - Children's Hospital Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, CA
  

Contact Information

Primary Location:

Childrens Minnesota Pain and Palliative Care
2525 Chicago AVE S STE 32-T5
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612)813-7888

Personal Biography

Although born in California, I spent much of my adolescence in Australia. I graduated from the University of Western Australia with a degree in Biochemistry and Microbiology. After returning to the United States, I worked in a pharmaceutical research lab developing vaccines and products for those with bleeding disorders. I attended medical school at McGill University in Montreal and pediatric residency at the University of Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital. My clinical work, initially in Georgia and then in Maine, included some general pediatrics but mostly diverse specialty care for children with HIV, profound neurologic and developmental challenges, and cystic fibrosis. Concurrently, I cherished raising my two adopted children from Korea and China and our beloved Australian Shepherd. In 2017 I began a fellowship in pediatric hospice and palliative care at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. I am very excited to be joining a wonderful interdisciplinary team focused on maximizing quality of life for children with life-limiting serious illness and their families.