- Graduated from the Horace Mann School, a private college preparatory school in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. She graduated from the Columbia University in the City of New York with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History in 1991, and with a Master of Science degree in Nutrition in 2016. As an undergraduate, she made the school's Dean's List. She graduated from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2000. While there, she served as President of her class for four consecutive years and was the recipient of the university's Herbert J. Bartlestone Prize of Pharmacology.
- Her ex-husband Dr. Robert Ashton was a thoracic and cardiac surgeon. He died on February 11, 2017 (2 weeks after their divorce), when he jumped off the George Washington Bridge.
- Has a private clinical practice (called Hygeia Gynecology) in Englewood, New Jersey.
- Ob-Gyn physician, TV medical contributor.
- Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, hailed from a family of six other physicians and one nurse.
- Daughter of Dr. Oscar Garfein (a New York City cardiologist) and Dorothy Garfein (a registered nurse).
- Has thinning hair, receiving hair treatments.
- Former lifeguard.
- Served as Chief Resident in Ob-Gyn at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, where she was awarded Chief Resident of the Year upon completing her post-graduate training.
- In March, 2006, was signed by Fox News Channel as their first female medical contributor.
- Has two children with ex-husband Dr. Robert Ashton, Jr.: a son Alex Ashton and a daughter Chloe.
- Named medical correspondent for The Early Show (1999) on April 1, 2009.
- Almost died from allergic shock, which her grandmother did.
- Allergic to nuts.
- Became engaged on New Year's Eve, 2021.
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