Dr. Edenfield earned his medical degree from the University of Miami in Florida. He completed his internship, residency and fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Edenfield also completed a research fellowship in Hematologic Malignancy at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. He recently completed his active duty service obligation as Chief of Oncology at Womack Army Medical Center in North Carolina. Dr. Edenfield is board certified in Medical Oncology, Hematology and Internal Medicine.

Dr. Edenfield received his certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine in February 2006. Hospice and palliative medicine is the medical discipline of care devoted to achieving the best possible quality of life for patients and their families throughout the course of life-threatening illnesses through the relief of suffering and the control of symptoms.