Dr. Peterlin received her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.  She completed her neurology residency and a neurophysiology fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center.  She then completed a Headache Fellowship at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, under the mentorship of Drs. Thomas N. Ward and Morris Levin. Dr. Peterlin currently specializes in the field of Headache Medicine and is the Director of Headache Research.

Her research interest has focused on the characterization and mechanisms of the associations between obesity and migraine as well as the characterization of the association between migraine and stress related disorders, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and physical and sexual abuse. She is a member of the American and International Headache Societies (AHS/IHS) and is the chair of the Women’s Special Interest Section.  She is also an associate editor for the journal “Headache”.

Dr. Peterlin currently sees patients at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center on Wednesdays and Thursdays.