He trained at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University. Jim practices in Atlanta at Brain Expert, PC in his practice limited to Microsurgery, Endoscopic Surgery, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of the Brain. He is active in Central American missions in Honduras through HOI as well as with projects in El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. A student at the Goizueta School of business, Jim is also a graduate of the Emory Business School, MBA 2014.