1973-1980 Tehran University School of Medicine, Tehran, Iran.
1982-1983 Transitional Medicine Internship Howard University Hospital,
1987-1988 Chief Resident in General Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
1988-1991Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, MD
1991- 2006 Attending Physician in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery Associates of Central New
aorto-coronary bypass procedures
, arrhythmia ablation, and insertion of ventricular Assist devices
minimally invasive coronary and valve surgery
repair of the thoracic aorta