
Dr. Shanks grew up in Marietta, GA and graduated from Walton High School. She then completed her Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Georgia. She earned her MD degree from the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA and completed her pediatrics training at Wake Forest University before entering her Allergy-Immunology training at Baylor University in Houston, Texas. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Allergy-Immunology. She is trained to see patients of all ages with allergic and immunologic disorders. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of College of Allergy and Immunology.