He graduated from Georgetown University Medical School in 1991 and completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in 2001. He spent time as a general medical officer in Germany and completed three years in a general surgery residency before pursuing orthopaedic surgery. After finishing his commitment to the U.S. Army, he completed the Harvard Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in 2004. He and his wife moved to Oahu in 2005.