He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1998, graduating with Distinction in All Subjects. This was followed by his MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2003 and he completed his general surgery residency at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. After a year of research studying outcomes of autologous breast reconstruction he then completed his training in plastic surgery in 2013 at the University of Pennsylvania and is board certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.