1938
Born to Seyyed Enayatollah Tabatabai and Behjat (Sharieh) Tabatabai in Kazerun, Fars, Iran.
1963
Receives the Top Graduating Student Recognition Award from Shiraz University Medical Sciences and the Iranian Ministry of Science & Higher Education.
1963
Earns a Doctor of Medicine from Shiraz University in Shiraz, Iran.
1969
Achieves a Doctor of Philosophy in physiology from the University of Pennsylvania.
1969
Is an assistant professor of physiology at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences until 1974.
1969
Is chairman of the Department of Physiology at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences until 1977.
1973
Serves as editor of the Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences until 1977.
1974
Receives a Research Award from the Iranian Ministry of Science and Higher Education and again in 1977.
1974
Is an associate professor of physiology at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences until 1977.
1978
Is an intern at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA until 1979.
1979
Is a resident in anesthesiology at Yale University until 1982.
1983
Is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh until 1989.
1989
Is an associate professor of anesthesiology at the University of Pittsburgh through today.