Dr. Jay Kabinoff grew up in Elmira, New York and moved to Albany as a teenager. He graduated from Albany High School and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from the State University of New York at Albany. He obtained his Doctor of Medical Dentistry degree at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kabinoff later completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry with a concentration in comprehensive patient care and didactics at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.