I spent most of my childhood in upstate New York and Michigan. I completed medical school and internal medicine residency in Philadelphia, where I met my wife. We've always wanted to live in the Pacific Northwest, so we moved to Seattle after completing my general gastroenterology and advanced therapeutic fellowship in Southern California. I am happily married to my amazing wife, and we have one adventurous and feisty miniature pinscher, Coco. I believe compassion and empathy for others is at the core of medicine. Pursuing a path in the medical field was an opportunity to practice that every day.