Dr. Mirbod attended the University of Toronto for his undergraduate studies where he earned a Bachelor degree, followed by a Master degree in Chemical Engineering. He then went on to study Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, graduating in 1993. After practicing General Dentistry for six years he returned to the University of Manitoba and completed the specialty Periodontics program. He is Past President of the Canadian Academy of Periodontology and the Atlantic Society of Periodontists and a Fellow of Royal College of Dentists of Canada.