His education and training have taken him from Phillips Academy and Princeton University to Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, with Surgical Residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and a Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His special expertise in laparoscopy includes: GERD and other esophageal diseases (Achalasia, cancer), hernia surgery, colon surgery (cancer and diverticulitis), and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis). In addition to being a long-standing Castle Connolly NY Top Doctor, his accolades include selection in both NY Magazine’s Best Doctors and The New York Times Magazine Super Doctors Issue.