He received his medical degree from Madras Medical College, India. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Southern California in 2008 under Tom R. DeMeester, MD. During his residency, he also completed a PhD in Pathobiology studying angiogenesis and blood vessel maturation in the laboratory of Parkash S. Gill, MD. He then continued his cardiothoracic surgery training at the University of Southern California and his Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship at Children's Hospital, Los Angeles both under Vaughn A. Starnes, MD.