After growing up in Minneapolis, he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His MD degree is from Washington University in St. Louis. He performed his internship and residency at the University of Chicago.
After a chief residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Dr Garon was a fellow in hematology and oncology at UCLA. He has remained at UCLA ever since and is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology-Oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He also received a Master's degree in clinical investigation from UCLA.