A native of the garden state, Dr. Idler graduated from Seton Hall University and attended New Jersey Medical School. Following medical school Dr. Idler traded the east coast for the west to complete his residency training at the San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program. He was subsequently accepted to a prestigious fellowship for Spinal Surgery in Oakland, CA where he was presented the invaluable opportunity to train under some of the finest orthopaedic and spine surgeons in the world.