He graduated from the University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. He was a research fellow and later research instructor in a Comprehensive Pain Center in Stony Brook Health Science Center & University Hospital, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York. He has done his residency training in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Stony Brook Health Science Center & University Hospital, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York.