Dr. Patton is board certified by American Board of Internal Medicine. In 2006 she started the dually accredited osteopathic residency at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and serves as their Osteopathic Director of Medical Education. In 2013 she became the Program Director for the allopathic internal medicine program. In 2020 Dr Patton became the Chair of Department of Medicine Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge Illinois. Dr. Patton is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine University of Illinois College of Medicine.

Her commitment to primary care keeps her busy in a shared resident faculty patient centered medical home. From September 2013 – January 2020 she was the lead physician of the Advocate Primary Care Transformation Collaborative, she coordinates shared faculty and resident development with the departments of Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine. Their mission is to redesign our primary care practices with the patients in mind to build relationships, service, reliability and value utilizing a patient centered medical home model.

Dr. Patton has been a member to the ACGME Internal Medicine resident review committee and will be complete her 6 year term April 30, 2021. She is a fellow on the American College of Physicians as well as the American College of Osteopathic Internist.

Dr. Patton is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine. She did an osteopathic internship at Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine and was a resident and chief resident at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.