Dr. Aronoff received a baccalaureate in Microbiology from Indiana University, and a medical degree from Tufts University. He then completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University, remaining there to conduct a clinical Infectious Diseases fellowship and a postdoctoral research fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology. In 2002, Dr. Aronoff moved to the University of Michigan for a postdoctoral fellowship studying innate immunity.