Mike was born and raised in the suburbs outside of Chicago. After going south to the University of Miami for undergrad (major in neuroscience), he returned to the Midwest to attend medical school at Case Western Reserve University. There he started his work in GU malignancies, working on MRI fingerprinting for prostate cancer. He then moved west to continue his training in Internal Medicine at Stanford. He became involved in studying COVID and its effects on cancer patients. He also defined the Stanford experience with a subtype of hepatocellular cancer. He looks forward to continuing his fellowship training at Stanford, where he will plan to continue his clinical and research efforts in clinical trial design and large data analysis. In his free time, Mike likes exploring California's parks, riding his bike, and playing along with Jeopardy!