Dr. Smith was born and raised in a small town in southeastern Pennsylvania. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Alvernia University and her Medical Degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 2013 and completed her pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of Georgia through Augusta University's Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Smith later completed her training in pediatric endocrinology and metabolic bone disorders at St. Louis Children's Hospital and the Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research at Shriners Hospital for Children in St. Louis through the fellowship program at Washington University in St. Louis in 2019.

After graduation, Dr. Smith joined the Endocrinology Division at PCH and has focused on developing PCH's growing multi-disciplinary Skeletal Health Clinic. She is also Clinical Assistant Professor for the Department of Child Health, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix. Her clinical and research interests include pediatric bone disorders, such as osteogenesis imperfecta, X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets, hypophosphatasia, fibrous dysplasia, vitamin-D deficiency rickets, and secondary osteoporosis.

Outside of her work, Dr. Smith enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, traveling, cooking, and the arts. Read less