Dr. Makovkina is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in adult psychiatry. She completed her undergraduate degree in Neurobiology at Harvard College and earned her medical degree at Weill Cornell Medical College. She completed internship and residency in adult psychiatry, as well as addiction psychiatry fellowship, at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.

She teaches and supervises medical students, residents and addiction psychiatry fellows, and co-directs the Support, Advocacy and Family Education (SAFE) Program within the Weill Cornell Medicine Program for Substance Use and Stigma of Addiction. Her clinical and research interests center on developing and implementing integrated care models that reduce healthcare fragmentation and stigma for individuals with substance use disorders, with a particular focus on those with co-occurring psychiatric conditions during emerging adulthood and the perinatal period.