Currently, Shields serves as the executive vice president of the Shields Health Care Group (Shields MRI), New England’s original and largest independent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provider.Carmel is a 1981 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College. She also holds a juris doctor (J.D.) degree from the New England School of Law and a master of business administration (M.B.A.) degree from Northeastern University.