Dr. Gore received his medical degree at University of Illinois School of Medicine, and then received his post graduate education at Northwestern University's Institute of psychiatry while completing a 3 year program at the Gestalt Institute of Chicago. He then studied Yoga and Tai Chi and began an apprenticeship with Dr. Ballentine at the Center for Holistic Medicine at the Himalayan Institute, then in Glenview, Illinois, which was the first of its kind in the Midwest.