Dr. Chalnick became interested in a career as an orthopaedic surgeon and specifically a joint replacement surgeon as a bioengineering major at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He then attended the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey's New Jersey Medical School and Graduated Alpha Omega Alpha. After medical school, Dr. Chalnick completed his internship and residency at Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. He then studied with world-renowned joint replacement surgeons at Beth Israel North Hospital in Manhatten. He completed a yearlong fellowship in adult reconstruction and gained subspecialty training in knee, hip and shoulder total joint replacement and revision.