He is a Vanier Scholar and his research interests include identifying biomarkers of aggressiveness in brain tumors and developing clinicomolecular models that accurately predict disease phenotype.
Farshad graduated from Innis College, University of Toronto with the Gordon Cressy Award. He then entered medical school at University of Toronto, during which time he won a AANS Summer Research Award and gave a plenary talk at the 2013 AANS Meeting. Farshad also helped organize the inaugural Surgical Exploration and Discovery (S.E.A.D) Program. Farshad’s outside interests include ice hockey and soccer.