Dr. Goodman is a graduate of the University of Oxford, England, where he received his D. Phil, and Harvard Medical School, where he received his M.D. He completed his Internal Medicine training at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and his Gastroenterology and Hepatology training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School.

古德曼博士临床专业知识是肝病（肝脏）。他看到并治疗所有形式的肝病，包括病毒性肝炎，酒精相关肝病，原代胆管炎（PBC），以及肝脏成像和肝肿瘤异常的患者。他对肝病如威尔逊病等肝病的遗传原因以及与代谢障碍有关的肝脏疾病的特殊兴趣。

古德曼博士积极参与与代谢原因和肝病后果有关的基础研究。