He also earned a Masters degree in public health from the Université de Montréal (UdeM) in Montreal, Canada. He spent three years as the head of the adolescent unit of GHESKIO, a Haitian non-governmental organisation (NGO), where he provided comprehensive healthcare to teens infected with HIV/AIDS. He also participated in several vaccine trials as a research clinician under the HIV Vaccine Trial Network (HVTN) and National Institute of Health (NIH) initiatives to find a cure for AIDS.