A Wyoming native, he completed his medical degree from Loyola University in Chicago and his Orthopedic Residency at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. He completed a sports medicine fellowship at the Kerlan-Jobe Clinic in Los Angeles where he helped care for the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Kings and Sparks in addition to the Anaheim Angels and Ducks. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.