He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kentucky, earning a degree in biology, before attending medical school at Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. He completed residency in emergency medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Prior to joining OSU in 2014, he worked at Hilton Head Hospital in South Carolina. Prior to that he served as Medical Director at Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio. His interests include residency education, cardiac care in the Emergency setting, patient flow managment and administration.