Dr. McLaughlin graduated from Stanford University with honors and distinction in Human Biology, obtained a MS in Public Health at UC Berkeley, and MD at UC San Francisco. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and her fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is currently a clinician investigator who maintains an active clinic for patients with complicated type 1, type 2, or other forms of diabetes, polycystic ovarian disease, and hypoglcyemia.