1975                 High School Diploma
Alborz High School, Tehran, Iran (Certificate/Diploma) a

1982                 M.D.
National University of Iran, Tehran, Iran (certificate

1987                 Iranian Board of General Surgery
National (Beheshti) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Certificate)

1988                 Fellowship in Trauma and Vascular Surgery
National (Behesahti) University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (certificate

1993                 Surgical Trauma Fellowship
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (certificate

1994                 Clinical Fellowship of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA (certificate

1995                 Resident of General Surgery
University of California Schools of Medicine, Kern Medical Center, Bakersfield, CA (Certificate)

1997                 Iranian Board of Cardiovascular Surgery