For his medical education, he joined the Duke University School of Medicine and worked as a Resident of Plastic Surgery at the same University. He also worked in University of London and Oxford in the field of Plastic Surgery to go in the depth of types of Surgery. Dr. Goodkind also got the golden privilege to work as a fellow of Christine Kleinert Hand Fellowship at the University of Louisville. Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, he has hospital affiliations at Milford Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Hospital of Saint Raphael Campus-Yale. Being a member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), he has specialization in Smart Liposuction, Breast Augmentation and Eyelid Surgery.