He obtained his associateship from the royal conservatory of music in 1989, and switched gears to pursue his undergraduate education at UWO in physics and medical biophysics from 1990-1993. He received his medical degree from Queen’s university in 1997, completed his residency in otolaryngology at UWO in 2002, and his fellowship training in head and neck microvascular reconstructive surgery at the University of Michigan in 2004. He has been on faculty at western since 2004. He is also cross appointed to the department of Oncology and the Don Wright Faculty of Music.