He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994. He received his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine in 1999. He completed his General Surgery training at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center and is Board Certified in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He finished his specialty training in Vascular Surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles and joined the academic faculty at the Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center. He also serves as Chief of Vascular Surgery at UCLA-Olive View Medical Center.