He is a graduate of University of Illinois and received his medical training at University of Chicago College of Medicine. After completing his Residency training in Ophthalmology, he completed a Fellowship in the specialty of Ophthalmic Plastic surgery at University of Texas. He is currently an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and head of the Section of Ophthalmic, Plastic, Reconstructive and Orbital Surgery. He is a member of American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and was given the honor of delivering the prestigious Wendell L. Hughes Lecture at the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 1996.