Liz grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, a.k.a. “Chicagoland,” and then moved to the big city for college at Loyola University. She completed medical school at University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and training in pediatrics at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. After a lifetime shivering in the north and longing for mountains, Liz is so happy to be living close to the Smokies in much warmer Nashville with her husband, Robert, and dog, Iggy.

In addition to teaching and doctoring, Liz enjoys serving in the teenage ministry at church, hiking early in the morning, and storytelling through music, poetry, and essays. Her research interests are adolescent health and ethical care of the pediatric patient in the emergency room.