Dr. Protano graduated with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College, CT. She then went on to receive her medical degree from Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 2009. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Gastroenterology fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In her final year, she was named Chief Gastroenterology fellow and completed her fellowship in 2015. Dr. Protano has a wide range of interest in GI including fecal microbiota transplantation for C. diff, colon cancer screening and prevention, inflammatory bowel disease, and women's health. A member of the American College of Gastroenterology and American Gastroenterological Association, Dr. Protano joined Doylestown Health in 2021 after practicing for 6 years in Pennington, NJ.

In her free time, Dr. Protano enjoys spending time with her two sons and her husband, travel, and spinning.

Education and training

• Medical School: Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
• Residency: Mount Sinai West
• Fellowship: Mount Sinai West