Education and Fellowships

University of Tehran; Tehran, Iran ‑ M.D.

University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Medicine

Baylor University, College of Medicine; Houston, Texas - Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery

University at Buffalo; Buffalo, New York ‑ Fellow in Surgical Research

 

Licenses and Certificates

American Board of Surgery

American Board of Thoracic Surgery

The Education Council for Foreign Medical Graduates

New York State License

 

Current Affiliations

Clinical Professor of Surgery – University at Buffalo  

Attending in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery:

Kaleida Health; Western New York

Catholic Health System; Western New York                 

Scientific Advisory Board Member - Bioheart, Inc.

 

Awards

Achievement in Health Care Award, 2006; D'Youville College - 3/15/06

Advancing The Technology, International Symposium of Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Diseases - 2/1/05

The Angiology Research Foundation Honors Achievement Award – 10/22/69

William S. Halsted Surgical Teaching Award; Millard Fillmore Hospital – 5/7/86

 

Medical Societies

Past president and current member, Western New York Vascular Society

Western New York Medical Association

Erie County Medical Society

New York State Medical Society

Fellow of American College of Surgeons

Fellow of International College of Surgeons

Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians

Fellow of American College of Angiology

Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society

Michael E. DeBakey International Cardiovascular Society

American College of Medical Imaging

International Society of Cardiovascular Interventionists

Buffalo Vascular Study Group

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

Vascular Surgical Society of Western New York

The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

North American Society of Phlebology

European Society for Vascular Surgery

International Advisory Committee, The American Venous Forum