Dr. Broadman attended Louisiana State Medical School in New Orleans, completing her medical degree in 1994. From 1994-1998 she was a resident in the Psychiatry program at Ochsner Foundation Hospital, New Orleans. After residency she spent a year working and traveling in New Zealand before moving to Rochester, New York to attend a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry. Upon completing her fellowship, she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and decided to make Sonoma her home.

She worked as a staff psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital for several years, evaluating and treating the full range of psychiatric disorders. She served as Chief of the Medical Staff for a year before taking on the role of a forensic consultant. She gained invaluable experience doing a variety of forensic evaluations, voluminous report writing and testifying in court. She has conducted trainings for medical students, residents, colleagues and law enforcement.

In 2007 Dr. Broadman left the state hospital to pursue private practice. She currently provides forensic consultation to the Sonoma County Courts and sees patients in her Sonoma office.