Following training in General Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, he completed a fellowship in Surgical Oncology at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He completed a research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania under the mentorship of Dr. Brian J. Czerniecki. His clinical practice encompasses gastrointestinal surgical oncology and endocrine surgery. Special clinical interests include gastric cancer, neuroendocrine tumors (including carcinoid tumors and neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas), primary and metastatic liver tumors, pancreatic cancer and adrenal tumors.