He obtained his A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1937, where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, and his M.D. degree from Cornell Medical College in 1941.

After serving an internship at the Pennsylvania Hospital, he pursued postgraduate training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Boston Children's Hospital, and the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received the degree of Doctor of Science (Medicine) in 1947.