He attended Syracuse University as an undergraduate and then went on to New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He did his residency at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn NY and at SUNY at Buffalo where he became Board Certified in Family Medicine. He has been active in precepting medical students from SUNY at Buffalo, as well as a Clinical Preceptor for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants for SUNY at Buffalo, D’Youville College and Daemen College.