Dr Michelle Larkin obtained her medical degree from the University of Sydney and completed surgical training at RPA and Concord Hospitals in Sydney; she is a General Surgeon and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

In 2020, she was based at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital and visited Griffith, Cootamundra, Tumut, and Temora regularly.

She has teaching appointments at the University of NSW (UNSW) and University of Notre Dame (UND).