Dr. Tim grew up in a small town in northern Utah, where one of the most remarkable and controversial events was the arrival of Walmart. He obtained his B.S. in Exercise Science at Brigham Young University. He was fascinated with his anatomy and physiology classes, and knew that he would find a career in the medical field to be both meaningful and enjoyable. During his undergraduate years, he took a two-year leave of his studies to volunteer as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Mexico, where he developed fluency in Spanish and an affinity for spicy food. 

After his undergraduate, he headed south to enjoy some warmer weather while he attended dental school at the Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health in Mesa, Arizona. Three years in to dental school, he got set up on the best (and last) blind date of his life. His date, Lexie, was able to look past the fact that he was a quarter of an inch shorter than her, and they are now happily married with two children. 

After dental school, Tim completed his three-year dental anesthesia residency at NYU Langone Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Despite the busy and demanding schedule of residency, and the shutdowns from the pandemic, Tim was  able to see both Wicked and Harry Potter on Broadway during his time there. He managed to move away from New York with only one parking citation to his name.

When he’s not putting people to sleep for dentistry, he enjoys running, biking, spending time with his family, brushing his teeth, playing Yahtzee, and exploring the great outdoors.