A board-certified Minimally Invasive General and Bariatric Surgeon with expertise in laparoscopic, endoscopic, and robotic surgery. He completed his medical education through a 7-year Accelerated Physician-Scientist BS/MD combined degree program at Albany Medical College in Albany, NY. He then completed his general surgery residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He completed a fellowship in Bariatric Surgery at the prestigious Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas (BMI of Texas) in San Antonio, TX in affiliation with University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where he developed expertise in both laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the author of numerous published research studies.