General Info

Dr. Winkler graduated from Milligan College in 1984 with a B.S. degree in Biology and Mathematics. She went on to obtain a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of South Carolina in 1986 and subsequently taught college mathematics. She then attended medical school at the University of South Carolina and completed her MD degree in 1991. Dr. Winkler completed her internship and residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 1994. She subsequently went on to pursue training in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She completed this training in 1997 and moved to Lexington, Kentucky where she was an Assistant Professor in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine from 1997 – 2000. In 2000 Dr. Winkler returned to Birmingham and went on to lead the Pediatric Critical Care Division at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. She is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a Fellow of the Society for Critical Care Medicine. She loves living in Birmingham and is excited about joining Southlake Pediatrics as she transitions into the primary care setting for the next phase of her career.