He received his M.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 2005. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at University of Massachusetts then completed a medical toxicology fellowship a the Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Center. Monte is interested in human variability in drug metabolism and how this contributes to adverse drug events. He is using his Translational Scholar Award in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine to build predictive models of drug therapy with the goal to improve drug efficacy and safety. Monte's honors include numerous institutional pilot grants, a John A. Hartford Foundation award to study drug metabolism in aging patients, and an Emergency Medicine Foundation Research Training Grant to support his work toward a Ph.D. in clinical science.