Dr. Bankson received her medical degree from Boston University in 1986. She completed her internship and residency in Family Practice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is board certified in Family Medicine and has been in clinical practice in Bellevue Washington since 1990. She worked with Providence and Swedish medical systems for 17 years. She now sees patients at the Bellevue Clinic. She joined the Prevention MD travel medicine staff in 2008.