He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine with a Ph.D in Anatomy and Developmental Biology in 1994. He has been the Director of the Gross and Neuroanatomy course taught to the dental students in the MUSC College of Dental Medicine since 2004. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Anatomical Studies and Education at MUSC and as such is instrumental in obtaining and processing the specimens for the cadaver hands-on laboratory.