Roya graduated from medical school in the United Kingdom in 2003. She worked in the NHS for 5 years before relocating to Australia in 2008. Roya became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK in 2007 and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2008. She has special interests in dermatology, mental health problems, and assisting patients with work-related injury. Roya works as a Medical Advisor for the WorkSafe Clinical Panel and also works in private practice in Melbourne.