He is the founder and the director of Shiraz Epilepsy Center and the director of Shiraz Epilepsy Surgery Committee. He completed his fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (a 2-year fellowship from 2006 until 2008). He returned to Iran in 2008 and has been working as an epileptologist since September 2008. He is also an adjunct research faculty at the Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University.