Mary is originally from western PA, but has lived and worked in 4 states since graduation from medical school. She worked in both academic and general pediatrics for several years before spending the last 11 years doing clinical research in heart failure and stroke at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She joined the Heart Institute staff at Cincinnati Childrens in October 2008 and is working on the Pediatric Cardiac Quality of Life Inventory testing trial.