She completed her residency at the University of Texas Health Center in Tyler, TX, where she later became a staff physician and served as a founding member of their Physician Coding Advisory Committee. In this role she refined their retrospective DRG query process and assisted with implementation of compliance and quality programs for the hospital. She currently works with the Trinity Mother Frances Health System in Tyler, TX, where she has assisted with concurrent inpatient chart review and documentation improvement, and is in active practice as a part-time family physician.