He also serves as a Clinical Professor at Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dothan, Alabama. He earned undergraduate (BS degree) from Loyola University Chicago in Chicago, Illinois and medical degree from Midwestern University, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove, Illinois. He completed his general surgery residency at Hackensack Medical Center, Palisades in North Bergen, New Jersey. He also completed a Burn Surgery Fellowship at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship in Staten Island, New York. He has published eight research papers in national and international academic journals. His research interests include minimally invasive, robotic surgery.