Dr. Robert J. Goulet III grew up in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. He graduated cum laude from Boston College in 2001. For the year after college graduation, Dr. Goulet committed to working as a classroom assistant in the Head Start Program for underprivileged preschool aged children. He continued his educational pursuits, after that year, at Indiana University School of Medicine and received his medical degree in 2006. He remained in Indianapolis to complete his intern/transitional year at Methodist Hospital and his ophthalmology residency with the IU department of ophthalmology.