Received his medical degree from the Yale School of Medicine in 2004. Completed his internal medicine residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2007 and his hematology/oncology fellowship training at the National Capital Consortium in 2010. He is board certified in hematology and medical oncology. Prior to joining the Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center at Dana-Farber in 2019, he spent 15 years as an active duty physician and officer in the United States Army.