Dr. Nowak grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Delaware for her undergraduate degree. She then earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine. She went on to complete a small animal rotating internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in New Jersey, a diagnostic imaging specialty internship in San Diego California, followed by a diagnostic imaging residency at Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in Massachusetts. Although Dr. Nowak loves all imaging modalities, she especially enjoys CT and radiography.