He graduated in 1993 in Medicine from Tehran then obtained his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology from University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK in 2004. He is engaged in the field of epidemiology of diabetes and its complication, particularly in prediction models. He published over 100 English articles to professional journals with peer-review. He is serving as editors and editorial board members of reputed international Journals. He is currently acting an executive member of the National Diabetes Program in Iran.