He graduated from Lyman Briggs School at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan Medical School. After successful completion of an internship in general surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology at Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center, he undertook additional fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at New York University School of Medicine. He is a diplomat of both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology.