He received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed residency training in general surgery at the University of Washington with a research fellowship during residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His fellowship in pediatric surgery was completed at the University of Chicago. Dr. Kohler also holds a master’s degree in health communication from Emerson College in Boston, in collaboration with Tufts University’s School of Public Health.