M.D., Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran, 1990.
M.S., University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2008.

Residency/Fellowship: Prince George's Hospital Center, Cheverly, Maryland (internal medicine), 1996-1999; (chief resident), 1998-1999; University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia (clinical fellowship, nephrology), 2000-2002.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine and in Nephrology.

University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, 2002-2008; Associate Professor, Medicine, 2008-2016; University of Virginia Kidney Clinic at Augusta Medical Center, Fishersville, Virginia, director, 2003-2006; associate director, Nephrology Clinical Research Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2004-2016; director, Hemodialysis Vascular Access Program, 2005-2021; University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tenured, 2016-2021; medical director, Inpatient Dialysis Unit, 2017-2021; vice chief of education, Division of Nephrology, 2017-2021; University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, endowed professorship, Harrisons Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor, 2019-2021.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2021; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2025-present.