In 2004, Dr Boggenpoel concluded his undergraduate medical education at the University of Cape Town. He completed both his internship and community service at Kimberley Hospital, which is now known as Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital. During his community service year, he rotated through the anaesthetics department and the emergency department.

In 2007, Dr Boggenpoel relocated back to Cape Town, where he worked at the Groote Schuur emergency department. In the same year, he was offered a position as the lead flight doctor for a private medical evacuation company operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his time there, he collaborated closely with NATO forces while also assisting with various humanitarian casualties and medical evacuations. 

Upon his return in 2009, he joined the South Africa National Defence Force, working as a medical officer in the surgery department. 

In 2012, he resigned from the SANDF and entered the surgical registrar programme at Tygerberg Hospital. During his time as a general surgeon, he developed an interest in head and neck surgery, and when the opportunity availed itself, he switched to the ENT registrar program and completed his training in 2021 and his Master of Medicine in 2023.  

Besides his surgical qualification, Dr Boggenpoel has post-graduate training in dive medicine, flight medicine, advanced trauma and life support, cardiac life support and a post-graduate diploma in occupational medicine.

In addition to head and neck surgery, he has an interest in diving-related ENT pathology, occupational-related ENT pathology, sinus surgery, and general ENT practice.