Arthur Wagner grew up in the Bronx, and has lived there for his entire life. Wagner studied at St.John's University to become a pharmacist and ended up spending most of his career in health care, working predominantly in hospital and health accommodation. He started out as a staff pharmacist at Jacobi Medical Center and later moved into administration. Later in his career, he became the chief operating officer for the network in the Bronx, the Jacobi Medical Center and Central Bronx Hospital. In 2009, he was asked to go to Brooklyn and become Senior Vice President of the southern Brooklyn network, including the Coney Island Hospital and Seaview Hospital and a number of other centers throughout Brooklyn. Wagner recently retired, but still keeps in touch with people from the hospital to this day.