Dr. Veeraputhiran received his medical degree from the Stanley Medical College in his native India. He went on to receive a Masters of Public health from the University of Oklahoma. He then completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Abington Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania. He has also completed fellowships in Transfusion Medicine at UAMS, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Wayne State University, and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Stanford University.