Alison originally trained as a Radiation Therapist at the University of Chicago Hospital where she treated cancer patients with ionizing radiation. She loved helping patients who were going through some of the most challenging times of their lives. Wanting to do more, she decided to go back to school where she earned her master’s degree from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science to become a Physician Associate (formerly Physician Assistant). She was able to leverage her experience treating breast cancer patients to become a plastic surgeon PA where a large portion of her patients were breast cancer patients undergoing breast reconstruction surgery. There may not be another PA in the country that has Alison’s unique breadth of knowledge across multiple medical fields.

During the peak of the pandemic, Alison used her suturing skills from the operating room to sew cloth masks that she sold to friends and family for which she donated to various charities. Alison’s mask of choice was one she made with the Green Bay Packers logo printed all over it (the Aaron Rodgers reference from earlier is starting to make sense). She has also been experimenting with designing and sewing her own dresses!