Dr. Peterson received a B.A. in music from the University of Kentucky in 2000.  She graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2004 and completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina in 2007.  She returned to her hometown of Louisville in 2007 to complete a fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine.  She has been an attending physician in the Just for Kids Critical Care Center at Norton Children's Hosptial and a faculty member at the School of medicine since 2011.  Additionally, Dr. Peterson is an associate editor for the journal Simulation in Healthcare.