- Valedictorian, Athens Academy
- Trained at the highly competitive Combined Seven Year Accelerated BA/MD Program at Boston University
- Graduated summa cum laude (top 2%)
- Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
- Member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- Ophthalmology Residency at University of Colorado/Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
- Fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases at the Devers Eye Institute in Portland, Oregon