Dr. Goodwin is originally from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Cornell University and obtained a Bachelors degree in Animal Science before obtaining his doctoral degree from Tuskegee University. Dr. Goodwin then completed a small animal rotating internship with an emphasis on internal medicine and cardiology at Coral Springs Animal Hospital in Florida. Dr. Goodwin then completed a Masters degree and Cardiology Residency at Purdue University.

Dr. Goodwin has been treating cardiology patients since 2000.