Dr. Chilton received his Masters in Public Health degree from Columbia University in New York City. He subsequently attended medical school at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1988 which included training in pediatric neurosurgery at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., training in neuropathy at the Armed Forces Institute of Neuropathy at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and training at the Atkinson Morley’s Hospital in London, England. He completed board certification in neurosurgery in 1991 (Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgeons).