He specializes in complex spine surgery. As an academic surgeon expertly trained by leaders in spine surgery, he provides the highest quality of evidence based spine care with state-of-the-art operative and non-operative treatment in Springfield IL. Prior to joining SIU, he completed two spinal surgery fellowships – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. He is pursuing a master in health professions education degree at Maastricht University, Netherlands. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Prior to that, he worked as an emergency medicine physician as well as a rural family physician in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.