Dr. Sutton is a graduate of Indiana University where she triple majored in psychology, chemistry and mathematics prior to entering the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Maryland followed by a fellowship in minimally invasive surgery also at the University of Maryland. 

Since coming to the University of Louisville in 2011, Dr. Sutton has served in many leadership roles related to educating the next generation of doctors and surgeons. In 2013, she founded Surgery on Sunday Louisville, Inc. a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free surgery and outpatient surgical procedures such as colonoscopy to people who are uninsured or underinsured.