I grew up in Ohio with my two younger sisters and parents. I completed my undergraduate studies and medical school in Ohio and moved to Pittsburgh to complete my training. I am a Board Certified specialist trained to treat allergies and asthma in both adults and children and love my job!

I recently moved to Chicago after getting married and am excited to work with Dr. Askenazi. I am compassionate, outgoing, and hard-working. I enjoy reading, traveling, and recently became interested in cooking.

Research Interests - I have been involved in research for severe asthma including new medications, longitudinal studies which focus on how asthma behaves in patients over time, and perimenstrual asthma; asthma that worsens in females prior to or around time of menses. I have also performed research on vocal cord dysfunction, which often mimics asthma and can make treating and diagnosing these conditions difficult. I also have special interest in drug allergies and chronic urticaria (hives).

Medical Training:
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA
Chief Resident: Chief Resident
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Internship: Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
M.D.: Northeastern Ohio Medical University; Rootstown, OH
B.S.: Kent State University; Kent, OH

Publications:
- ATS (American Thoracic Society) National Meeting: Correlates of Premenstrual Asthma in Severe Asthma. May 2011
- ATS National Meeting: Stability of Oral Corticosteroid Dependency in a Longitudinal Follow-up of Severe Asthmatics from the Severe Asthma Research Program. May 2011
- AAAAI National Meeting: Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Vocal Cord Dysfunction in a Tertriary Care Adult Allergy/Immunology Outpatient Clinic. March 2011.
- ACAAI National Meeting: Screening for Hereditary Angioedema: Is C4 level enough?. Nov 2010.
- ATS National Meeting: Sex Hormones and Asthma Severity in Women. May 2008.
- ATS National Meeting: Clinical and Biologic Differences in Obese and Non-Obese Severe Asthmatics. May 2008.