He graduated from The Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1993. His special interests are dentistry, internal medicine, feline medicine, exotic medicine, and surgery. He has taken multiple continuing education courses in advanced dentistry and also in Reptile Avian, exotic medicine, and surgery. He is also a current member of the American Veterinary Dental Society, American Association of Feline Practitioners, Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, and The Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians [citation].