1981-85: BA in Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, New York University, New York, USA
1985-92: MD-PhD, Cornell University Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program (Cornell University, together with Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering), New York, USA
1992-97: Whitehead Institute Fellow, Affiliated with Dr. Harvey Lodish's Laboratory, Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA