He is a 2004 graduate from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with a Mechanical Engineering degree, a 2008 graduate from Indiana University School of Medicine, and a 2011 graduate from an Emergency Medicine residency from Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan, NY. While completing his residency, he was elected to Chief Resident and completed a study on creatine which was named one of the “most newsworthy” studies at the American College of Emergency Physicians national conference in 2010. He is presently the Therapeutic Use Exemption committee chair for USA powerlifting as well as Sports Medicine director.