Very young he understood the importance of having a very good education .- After completing secondary education in his native country, he studied medicine in Haiti where he graduated. He left Haiti in 1988 and now holds a Masters of Public Health from the University of Illinois in Chicago. He is a neurologist at Stroger Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, where he directs the Epilepsy Clinic and the Neurophysiology Laboratory. He is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Rush University, where he teaches medical students and trainees.