Linda Shookster, MD, FACP Dr. Shookster grew up in Rego Park, NY. She attended Princeton University, then Columbia University School of Physicians and Surgeons, where she earned her MD in 1981. She spent 3 years doing a molecular biology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering, then went on to practice Rheumatology since 1990. She presently lives in Forest Hills, NY and is writing herself into a freelance side hustle.