He finished his B.S. at Brigham Young University, graduating summa cum laude, the highest level of distinction achievable. For medical school, he attended The Ohio State University, where he also completed an accelerated year of graduate coursework in the Master of Health Administration (MHA) program. He then completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the prestigious Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, followed by a fellowship in arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine at New Mexico Orthopaedics, the premier private orthopedic group of New Mexico.