In 2006 he graduated summa cum laude from Montclair State University with a BS in molecular biology and a minor in chemistry. In 2010 he completed his MD at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He is a member of the Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and the International Society of Dermatology, the Society for Investigative Dermatology, the National Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He is a reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, ePlasty.com – the Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, and Mycoses. Yuri is a member of the Cochrane Skin Group, the dermatology subsidiary of the international Cochrane Collaboration.