Cymet attended Emory University for his premedical undergraduate degree and majored in psychology and anthropology.
[3] He proposed an explanation for the articular crack (knuckle, neck and other joint sounds) that has caused debate in the medical community.
[6] Cymet has written medical articles on issues of public interest in medicine including why people develop gray hair, and the cause and nature of hiccups.
Other areas that Cymet has researched include: positive and negative effects of exercise, the role of probiotics in medicine, carbohydrates, and obesity.
[8] As of 2006, Cymet is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and former President of the Baltimore City Medical Society and Maryland Association of Osteopathic Physicians.