A native of Northern Virginia, he graduated from Princeton University and Washington University in St. Louis and served his residency in pathology at the University of Pennsylvania. Now working at Washington University in St. Louis, his clinical duties involve surgical pathology, molecular genetic pathology and next-generation sequencing of tumor tissue. He received a Research Development Award from the NIH-supported Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Endometrial Cancer at Washington University. In addition to clinical and research work, he has a major commitment to training the next generation of medical students, residents and fellows.