Raymond Mooney was born in New York on March 17, 1950, and moved to California in 1956.  He attended local elementary schools and subsequently attended Chaminade College Preparatory School in Canoga Park, California, and than Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii.

After completing his undergraduate education he subsequently attended the University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant Program and graduated in 1975.  Since his graduation he has practiced as a PA in the State of Michigan in such areas as family medicine, emergency medicine, urgent care and corrections.

He is Board Certified by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants and is an active member in the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants.