He joined the faculty after receiving his undergraduate and medical degrees from The Johns Hopkins University and its school of medicine, respectively, and completing his residency and advanced training in urology at Johns Hopkins. His main clinical interest is the treatment of kidney tumors and prostate cancer with the least morbidity possible. He specializes in the management of kidney tumors via laparoscopic (total and partial kidney removal) and percutaneous (nonsurgical) approaches. He also has an interest in the careful and active observation of select small kidney tumors.