Dr. Sahraian graduated from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences (Shiraz-Iran). He undertook board of neurology and fellowship in medical education from Tehran University of Medical sciences. Dr. Sahraian had a training in multiple sclerosis at University hospital Basel (Switzerland). He is currently professor of clinical neurology and the director of MS research center in Tehran University of Medical Sciences and vice-chancellor for Iranian MS society.

He has served as an investigator on several clinical trials in neurology and has published more than 380 articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented abstracts on MS at international meetings. He has been invited to deliver several lectures on MR evaluations and disability assessment at different meetings on multiple sclerosis. He has published “MRI atlas of lesions in multiple sclerosis” and has been the author of “Multiple Sclerosis” chapter in Encyclopedia of Diagnostic Imaging. He is one of the authors of MRI Training CD-ROM which was translated into four languages. Dr. Sahraian areas of interests are management of multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica.