He graduated from the Queen’s University Faculty of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1993. He completed Residency training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Queen’s University, before pursuing a Clinical and Research Fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (heart rhythm disorders) at the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 2002, he went to Vanderbilt University as a Research Fellow in Clinical Pharmacology. He worked in the Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center, gaining training and experience in the study of human physiology. From 2002-2004, he completed a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI) at Vanderbilt University. He joined the faculty of the Vanderbilt University, and has remained there since that time.