Dr. Baker grew up in downstate Illinois. She graduated with honors from The University of Chicago, majoring in biology. She then attended medical school at Southern Illinois University. After receiving her MD, Dr. Baker completed her residency training in family medicine at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. As an attending in Pittburgh, Dr. Baker worked in public health service and academic medicine, on the faculty at her residency program. She has a special interest in women’s health and was the doctor for a women’s college in Pittsburgh and did grant funded research in obstetrics. In 1997, she moved to northern Illinois and has practiced in a variety of settings since then—private practice, public health service, academic medicine, and corporate medicine. Her scope of practice has ranged from routine wellness care to delivering babies at home. While she no longer practices obstetrics, she does include women’s health in her practice as well as pediatric care and acute and chronic disease management for all ages. Dr. Baker believes everyone deserves accessible and affordable healthcare.

She and her husband have six children and an energetic dog.