He attended medical school at the University of Wisconsin – Madison before moving to Nashville, TN for a residency in Neurology at Vanderbilt University. Upon completion of residency, he did a fellowship in Vascular Neurology and then remained at Vanderbilt to pursue a career in medical education. In addition to his role as a faculty member in the Stroke division of the Neurology Department at Vanderbilt, he has an inpatient and outpatient stroke practice and serves as the Associate Director of the VMS II Brain & Behavior Course and Director of the VMS III Neurology Clerkship. His teaching has received the distinguished CANDLE and Shovel teaching awards and been recognized by the neurology residents as outstanding teacher of the year twice.