Dr. Stern was born in Chicago Illinois but came to NYC a few months later and was raised in Greenwich village, New York. She graduated from the University of Chicago with an AB in 1986. She attended Medical school at NYU School of Medicine graduating in 1990. Internship, Residency and an additional year of Chief Residency were completed in 1994 at NYU Langone Medical Center/ Bellevue Hospital. She remained at NYU Langone Health to complete a fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases in 1997 with a concentration in Echocardiography. She has been in clinical practice for the last twenty seven years at Murray Hill Medical Group PC/CareMount Medical Group/Optum. She has been taking care of patients in the primary care and hospital settings in a multi specialty group affiliated with NYU Langone Health. Since 1997 she had been on the faculty at NYU Langone Health as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine. In addition to her clinical responsibilities she was the Medical Director of the ICAEL accredited non invasive testing suite at MHMG/CareMount/Optum. She is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Echocardiography.