He received his DVM from Kansas State University in 2005 and subsequently completed an internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center in Norwalk, Connecticut. He followed up with a residency in Radiation Oncology (2008) and M.Sc. in Medical Physics (2010) from the Schools of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has a broad background in medical physics with extensive training and expertise in radiotherapeutic applications and strategies utilizing helical tomotherapy in veterinary companion animals.