Dr. Lai joined Patient First as a Staff Physician at the White Marsh center in November of 2008.  She earned her undergraduate degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 1990 and her medical degree from the same university in 1994.  Dr. Lai completed an internship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and a residency program in internal medicine at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., in 1997.  Prior to joining Patient First, Dr. Lai served in hospital medicine.  Dr. Lai is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.