Dr. Cole was born and raised on Long Island, graduating from St. Anthony’s High School in 2001. He did his undergraduate training at Long Island University/C.W. Post campus where he also played four years of collegiate basketball winning the Nassau County Sports Commission College Athlete of the Year award in 2005. He worked in the medical and dental sales field for one year before deciding to pursue dentistry. After spending four years in Washington D.C. and graduating from Howard University’s College of Dentistry he returned to Long Island for his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.