He specializes in the surgical and medical management of stone disease and minimally invasive urologic surgery. He completed his Bachelor’s and medical degrees in Puerto Rico at the University of Puerto Rico and Ponce School of Medicine. He then completed a five-year residency in urology in New York City at SUNY Downstate. He subsequently completed a two- year fellowship focusing on stone disease at Duke University Hospital. While at Duke, he published in multiple peer-reviewed journals and authored many chapters regarding stone disease.