Dr. Barrett received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1986. After two years in the business field Dr. Barrett went into his pre-med education graduating in 1990 from Rutgers University. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 1994.

Dr. Barrett completed his residency in 1999 from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Penn State Geisinger Health System. During that time he also completed a rotation in Pediatric Orthopaedics at Alfred I. DuPont Institute.