He received his M.D. at the University of Toronto in 2001. After a brief career in a general surgery residency, he “saw the light” and switched to the anatomical pathology residency at the University of Toronto and graduated in 2006. He pursued a fellowship in head and neck pathology under the mentorship of Dr. Bayardo Perez-Ordonez and also spent time with Dr. Jennifer Hunt at the Cleveland Clinic. He started his head and neck pathology position in 2007 at the University Health Network in Toronto where he now practices head and neck pathology exclusively in a fully subspecialized department.