He did his residency training and a gastrointestinal pathology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles. He did a surgical pathology fellowship at the University of Southern California. He practices general surgical and cytopathology with a special interest in gastrointestinal, liver and pancreatic pathology. He is actively involved in the training of pathology residents and gastroenterology fellows. He is a member of the Digestive Disease Center at MUSC and participates in the multidisciplinary team approach to digestive diseases. His research interests include dysplasia of the gastrointestinal tract, translational endoscopy/ pathology, and pancreatic pathology.