He grew up in Portland, but has lived and trained at world-class institutions across the country. After completion of a fellowship in shoulder and elbow surgery in 2007 at The Cleveland Clinic, he stayed on as faculty there for three years. In 2010 he returned with his family to Portland, where he took a position at the Portland VA Medical Center as Section Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery. In 2016 he left the Portland VA to join Rebound.