Dr. Aaroe earned her medical degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2015. She subsequently completed a residency in neurology at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center. Prior to her recruitment to the Department of Neuro-Oncology at MD Anderson, in the renowned Texas Medical Center, she completed fellowship training also at MD Anderson. She is board certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and in Neuro-Oncology by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties.
Her clinical interests include the management of primary and metastatic brain tumors, and neurological complications of cancer and cancer therapy. She has served on the editorial board of Continuum and as a reviewer for Neurology. She is member of several professional societies including the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) where she serves on the public policy committee, and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) where she is active in medical education. In addition to her clinical and research activities she is passionate about physician advocacy, and regularly participates in events with policymakers on behalf of the AAN and the National Brain Tumor Society. Dr. Aaroe will serve as faculty liaison for the patient reported outcomes (PRO) program at the Brain and Spine Center facilitating collection and interpretation of data regarding patient symptom burden and overall quality of life.
