Graduate of the UCLA School of Dentistry and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He completed oral and maxillofacial surgery training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is Professor and Chairman of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt University. He has a full-time, full-scope hospital-based practice that includes the management of complex maxillofacial trauma, orthognathic surgery, oral and maxillofacial pathology, cleft deformities, and all facets of oral and maxillofacial reconstruction.