Born and raised in New Jersey
Undergraduate/Masters degrees (BS/MSE) in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University
Medical degree and scientific doctorate (MD/PhD) in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania
Medical Internship, Residency, and Endocrinology fellowship at the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Hospital for Special Surgery joint program.