He is a native Californian who spent his childhood in the San Fernando Valley. After completing his Bachelors degree in Molecular & Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, he attended the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. He stayed to complete a residency in Urology through the LAC/USC program and rotated several times through Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He went on to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Urology at Boston Children's Hospital. During fellowship, he also earned his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests include the clinical effectiveness and health services. Current work focuses on comparative effectiveness and cost- effectiveness, quality improvement and evaluation of outcomes.