He graduated from Damascus University School of Medicine, Syria in 1991, and completed his first Internal Medicine residency at American University, Beirut Lebanon in 1995 where he was a Chief Resident. He then joined Strong Memorial Hospital for training in primary care medicine, and later, a fellowship in critical care medicine with extra training in pulmonary medicine. Since completing his residency and training, he has worked as a Primary Care Physician at the Strong Health Clinic in Wellsville, New York, and as the Medical Director of Intensive Care Unit at Jones Memorial Hospital where he established the Hospitalist practice. He then moved back to University of Rochester Medical Center and has been working as a Hospitalist and Medicine-Intensive Care Unit physician at Strong Memorial Hospital.