Lauren is a Certified Physician Assistant and a 2009 graduate of the Arcadia University Physician Assistant and Public Health dual degree program. While attending Arcadia University, Lauren received the Gretchen Paruch Humanitarian Award as well as the Academic Coordinators’ Award for the graduating class of 2009. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Prior to becoming a physician assistant, Lauren worked as a research coordinator and research technician at the University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Center in Philadelphia.

Lauren is Board Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, and is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.