In 2009, Dr. Tribelhorn received her Bachelors degree in Kinesiology from Occidental College, summa cum laude and with distinction as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She lived in Toledo, Spain, where she taught middle school English, before starting medical school.

She graduated from University of California in Irvine, School of Medicine in 2015. She then completed her surgical residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson, during which time she received the Charles F. Zukowski Humanitarian Award and participated in the first SAGES robotics course ever offered to surgical residents.

She is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).