Dr. Findling completed undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and went to medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University. He then completed training in Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry as part of the “Triple Board” joint training program at Mt. Sinai in New York. He subsequently earned his Masters of Business Administration degree at a joint program run by the London School of Economics, NYU Stern, and École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris.

On January 1, 2020 Dr. Findling returned to his medical school alma mater and became the chair of VCU School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry.