Biography

  • Attending Physician, Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Instructor of Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship in academic general pediatrics and primary care, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2021–2022
  • Residency in internal medicine and pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2017–2021
  • MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine 2017

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