Dr. Numra A. Aleem grew up in Pakistan and graduated with M.B.,B.S degree from the Aga Khan University, Karachi. She completed pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston and went on to the University of Iowa where she completed the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship. Her research during fellowship has focused on developing a neonatal point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) program.