Daniel has an AB in Physics from Princeton University and a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Maryland, both with High Honours. He completed his medical internship at the University of California, San Diego; his residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (a Harvard Hospital), and an imaging fellowship in Body MRI at Yale-New Haven Hospital. 

Prior to coming to New Zealand, Daniel was the Chief of Abdominal MRI and Associate Professor of Radiology at Yale University and specialised in body, non-invasive cardiovascular, and emergency radiology. Since arriving in New Zealand in 2015, Daniel has introduced multiple new imaging services to Gisborne Hospital (including Cardiac CTA/MRI, stroke perfusion, and prostate MRI). Daniel has considerable experience teaching, testing new imaging tools and experiment design, and in evaluating new imaging technologies.