He earned a B.S. in Anthropology from University of California, Los Angeles in 2001. Because of his interest in clinical medical ethics, he became the first M.D.-J.D. program student at Vanderbilt University. Upon graduating in 2007, he went to the Cleveland Clinic for internal medicine residency, followed by a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Stanford University. He has been a member of the State Bar of California since 2008.