Born and raised in Los Angeles, Dr. Javaheri completed his undergraduate studies in Neuroscience at UCLA, where he graduated summa cum laude with honors thesis in 1999. He then attended the Keck School of Medicine of USC where he received his M.D. in 2003.

Following a one-year medical internship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, he completed his residency at the prestigious Doheny Eye Institute and LAS+USC Medical Center at USC.

Dr. Javaheri then completed a two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at the esteemed Doheny Retina Institute, USC, where he was awarded a prestigious Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship, which is given each year to the most promising graduating ophthalmologists from around the country. During his residency and fellowship, he also earned a masters degree in the Department of Cell and Neurobiology at USC studying the effect of electrical stimulation of the retina.