His expertise in Addiction Psychiatry stems from earning his Bachelors in Biochemistry from Atlantic Union College, obtaining a Medical Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, completing a Residency in Adult and Adolescent Psychiatry from the Loma Linda University Department of Psychiatry, and completing a 1 year Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is currently the Medical Director of the Chemical Dependency Unit of the Behavioral Medicine Center at Loma Linda University Health.