In addition to caring for patients, she has been an instructor at Feinberg School of Medicine, serves as a Clinical Information Technology Director with a goal of optimizing physician use of the electronic medical record and most recently has represented her colleagues in efforts to improve the delivery of healthcare.
Dr. Petrungaro graduated cum laude from the University of Chicago in 2002. She then did science policy research for the American Chemistry Council in Washington, DC, before attending medical school at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. During medical school she returned to DC when she was selected from a national pool to serve as a GRIP (Government Relations Intern Program) with the American Medical Association. Dr. Petrungaro was inducted into the Hobart Amory Hare Medical Honor Society in 2005 and graduated from Jefferson in 2007.
Upon graduation she was selected as a member of the 2010 Internal Medicine class at Northwestern’s McGaw Medical College. During residency Dr. Petrungaro participated in the Women’s Health track which has carried into her clinical work today. She was recognized for her outstanding mentorship during this time with multiple Excellence in Teaching Awards. Additionally, she was recognized for her research efforts and was the winner of the Resident Research Day for her basic research on Staph Enterotoxin B upregulation.