Expertise

She has a procedures interest in occipital nerve blocks, trigger point injections and the administration of botulinum toxin for migraine and neuromuscular disorders.

Areas: Neurological Disorders and Care

Her research interests largely focus on the impact of human behavior in the setting of clinical medicine and medical training, with an emphasis on empathy. This includes closer attention to functional patients in the Neurology Clinic, the development of subspecialty recruitment tools into a field that is complex and often overwhelming to students, and the impact of dedicated empathy teaching on health care disparities. She is also interested in research that provides quality of life and normalcy for those with incurable neurologic disease or injury.

Degrees
Bachelor, Vanderbilt University
MD, University of South Alabama