His is also an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM). He received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his medical degree from the University of Chicago. He completed a general psychiatry residency at Northwestern University Medical School, child psychiatry residency at the University of Chicago, and an addiction psychiatry fellowship at the UCSOM. He is board certified in General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and Addiction Psychiatry. His research interests include medication development for adolescent substance use disorders.