
In her medical career, she has studied in Europe and Canada as well as the USA. She has attended specialty training beyond medical school in the fields of general surgery, neurology and neurosurgery and psychiatry/psychopharmacology. She has worked in a variety of positions, including fireman/EMT, medical school professor, Army Medical Corps psychiatrist, drug researcher, and now has her own clinic in San Diego where she is concentrating on what she calls Mind/Body medicine - or Integrative Medicine.
She is a native of suburban Boston, MA, and is married to Wade B. Ward, who also manages her practice.