He graduated from Boston University School of Medicine, earned a Masters Degree in public health at UNC Chapel Hill, completed residency training in general surgery in Columbus, Ohio, and recently finished a Surgical Critical Care fellowship at Indiana University in Indianapolis. He has experience working in the emergency department, cardiac cath lab, as an EMT, and as a volunteer firefighter. In addition to injury crash research, he is also interested in clinical education, public policy, and emergency medical services administration.