Dr. Tarbox graduated from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at the top of her class. She then completed her Dermatology Residency at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. During her senior year in residency, Michelle successfully applied for a WDS Mentorship Grant and traveled to Sydney, Australia to study dermoscopy with Dr. Scott Menzies. She completed a dermatopathology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic following successful completion of her residency. She has lectured for numerous state, national, and international dermatologic societies and has received numerous teaching awards. She also helped develop and co-hosts the Dermasphere Podcast which now has over 180 episodes and has an average audience size of 3,000-4,000 listeners and over 750,000 individual playthroughs.