He attended the Stony Brook University Medical Scientist Training Program where he received an M.S. in anatomical sciences, a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, and an M.D. After completing his medical internship there, he finished his residency in nuclear medicine and fellowship in PET/CT in the department of radiology at Stanford University. He is active clinically as well as in clinical and basic science research projects as part of the molecular imaging program at Stanford.