| Education: | MD, School of Medicine, National University, Iran, 1972 |
| Residency: | Rochester Psychiatric Center/University of Rochester, 1976
Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Psychiatry, 1979 |
| Fellowship: | Beth Israel Hospital, Psychiatry, |
| Board Certification: | Psychiatry, 1981 |
| Research Interests: | Geriatric psychiatry; Head injury; Hypnosis/pain |