Growing up the son of a dentist, Dr. Groy spent a great deal of his childhood in a dental office, and the principles of how to treat and care for patients were instilled in him at a young age by his father. Dr. Groy grew up in Leesburg, Virginia. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology from the University of Virginia in 2004. He earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine from Temple University, located in Philadelphia, in 2010. Dr. Groy then completed an intensive hospital-based general practice residency at Christiana Care Hospital in 2011.