Dr. Uliassi grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. After college she worked at an advertising agency in Chicago before pursuing her medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Uliassi then completed her pediatric residency in New York City at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Uliassi was named a Top Doctor by Washingtonian Magazine in 2024 and 2025 and lives in Rockville with her husband and two daughters.