After being honorably discharged, Ted attended the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science where he graduated number one in his class. He then attended the California College of Podiatric Medicine where he was class president of the sophomore and senior classes, and then the Lindell Hospital two year surgical residency under Dr. Alan Jacobs and Dr. Larry Oloff. Later, after a hand injury ended his career in podiatry, Ted attended the University of Puget Sound School of Law.

After completing law school and successfully passing the bar, Ted was employed as the executive director and managed both the Washington State Podiatric Medical Association and APMA International Region VII for approximately 10 years.

Some of his affiliations include membership in Kiwanis, the American Society of Podiatric Executives, both of which he served as president, board member of the United Way of Kitsap County, member of the American Podiatric Medical Association and Washington State Podiatric Medical Association, and an associate in both the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and American College of Foot Surgery from 1985 to 1992. He was published in The Journal of Foot Surgery in 1986.

Ted was featured in Podiatry Today as the cover story and Podiatric Management as one of the 150 most influential Podiatrists in America, and was chosen as the Washington State Podiatric Medical Association Podiatric Physician of the Year from 1994 to 1995 and given a Distinguished Service Award in 2002.