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.