Dr. Thomas Stafford spent his undergraduate years at Middlebury College, where he studied biochemistry and Spanish.
Later, he completed medical school at Tufts University, along with an additional year-long fellowship in faith and medicine. Dr. Stafford did his residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics with the University of Southern California at LA County and USC Medical Center.
Throughout his medical training, Dr. Stafford has spent considerable time abroad, researching healthcare for the urban poor in South India and Nicaragua, and teaching public health and medicine in the Middle East.