He completed medical school at the Universit of Minnesota and general surgery residency at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education. His fellowshio in Surgical Critical Care was in the Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and General Surgery at the Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education. His academic interests include acute care surgery, trauma surgery, sports medicine, surgical critical care, small bowl obstruction, hollow viscous perforation after endoscopy, trauma systems, and midlevel provider best practice.