He started his career as an Emergency Medical Technician – Basic. He graduated from Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago and competed his Emergency Medicine residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine. After residency he completed fellowships in Multi-disciplinary Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. He is the Medical Director for Air Evac EMS. He is frequently an invited lecturer locally, nationally, and internationally on Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Emergency Medical Services. He has special interests in out-of-hospital management of critically ill patients, emergency management of LVADs, out-of-hospital vasopressor use, and utilization of air medical resources.