M.D., Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS), Tehran, Iran, 1987.
M.P.H., University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1994.
M.B.A., Yale University, School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut, 2011.

Residency/Fellowship: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (ophthalmology), 1997-1999; (vitreo-retinal surgery), 1999-2001; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut (medical education), 2011-2012.

Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2001-2005; Associate Professor, 2005-2012; professor, 2012-2024; director, Yale University Retina and Vitreous Service, 2001-2008; program director, Retina Fellowship, 2001-2009; director, Retinal Services, 2001-2009; director, Macular Degeneration Research Laboratory, 2001-2004; associate medical director, Yale University Eye Center, 2009-2024; interim chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2014-2016; Vice Chair of Academics, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2023-2024; Princess Margaret Hospital, Bahamas Department of Public Health, Nassau, Bahamas, 2002-2021.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic in Florida, 2024; chair, Department of Ophthalmology, 2024-present; Professor of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2025-present.