Between 2035 and 2043, Zayne completes a combined Master's and PhD in Clinical Medicine at Skyhaven University. The typical timeline is sixteen years; he finishes in eight. During this period he publishes over thirty first-author papers in journals with impact factor above 9.0. His chosen specialty — Clinical Medicine with a focus on Cardiology and specifically Evol-Cardiac research — is the unusual sub-specialty most cardiac surgeons avoid. He is not directed toward it by anyone. He chooses it because of what he saw at the hospital in 2033 and 2034.