James grew up in Bountiful, Utah. He spent two years after high school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he gained a love and respect for the culture and learned to speak Spanish. He later graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in chemistry. The white-capped mountains of Utah were traded in for the white-sand beaches of Florida to attend Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. James then moved and has settled with his family in Nashville at Vanderbilt where he completed pediatrics residency, in addition to a year as a chief resident. James is looking forward to staying at Vanderbilt for pulmonology fellowship.

Outside of work, life revolves around his wife and children. Youth soccer games, gymnastics, and the many parks around Nashville fill their time. Running, audiobooks, involvement with youth groups at church, and benefiting from any product of his wife’s cooking are a few of his other pastimes. He is also passionate about serving the Spanish-speaking population.