Doc Tipu grew up in Southern California and worked his way up and down the west coast during his education. He attended UC Davis for undergraduate where he earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in Philosophy and a Bachelors of Science degree in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior. He then went north to Seattle where he attended the University Of Washington School Of Medicine, earning a Medical Doctor degree with an added qualification in The Underserved Pathway. He returned to the Los Angeles area for residency training in Family Medicine at Harbor-UCLA L.A. County Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in Surgical Obstetrics at USC Family Medicine California Hospital.