After completing his medical education at Dow Medical College in 2001, he received Pediatric training at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago (2005). He was part of Residency Review Committee (RRC) as a trainee member. He completed his Child Neurology training in 2008 from Children;s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and then went to do an additional year of Epilepsy training at Children;s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He joined the faculty at University of Pittsburgh in 2009 and has focused on clinical epilepsy, difficult to control seizures and directs the ;Refractory seizures clinic; at Children;s hospital of Pittsburgh. His interests also include Neuromodulation devices and its role in treatment of epilepsy and currently streamlining efforts in Vagal Nerve stimulator (VNS) management and researching different aspects of VNS to improve outcome.