After finishing medical school from Seth G. S. Medical College, Mumbai, India, he finished an internal medicine residency at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS) New Delhi. After completing his neurology residency training at Harvard, he completed a two-year neurocritical care fellowship at Duke University. His research interests include translational perspective on pathophysiological mechanisms underlying various forms of acute brain injuries such as stroke. At present, he is studying axonal recovery after acute ischemic stroke in animal models in the Neurorepair lab (Mark Goldberg lab). Outside work, he enjoys spiritual meditation, playing chess, and weight-training.