Nate received his bachelors in sports medicine from SUNY Brockport in NY. He then became an Athletic Trainer working for Health South before being independently employed by a local high school. He then joined Panorama as a medical assistant before he went to school to become a physician assistant. He attended PA school at Red Rocks and received a masters in medical science from St Francis University in Pennsylvania. After becoming certified in 2010, he began working with the spine team at Panorama.