Salimpour was born and raised in Tehran, Iran during the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s.
At the age of 10, he was forced to stop playing the piano due to the ban on Western music implemented by radical clerics who were put in place during the revolution.
He immigrated along with his family to the United States, six months after his older brother Pejman Salimpour had immigrated to the U.S. Salimpour moved to Los Angeles at age 12 where his father eventually opened his own medical practice after working for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
He mastered the English language from watching cartoons in English.
During his early childhood in Iran, he had previously watched the same cartoons that were dubbed into Persian.
He stated that he was able to make the association between the languages after watching the same cartoons again in English.
He spoke fluent English without an accent by the time he began junior high school in Woodland Hills in 1981.

Salimpour attended the University of California, Riverside upon graduating from high school.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the school in 1990.
He went on to attend UCLA where he earned his Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Services Administration in 1992.
Salimpour attended Boston University School of Medicine where he earned a medical degree in 2000.
During his time at Boston University, he authored a widely publicized research project that studied the tie between erectile dysfunction to frequent bicycle riding.
His study was attributed as the first scientific proof that there is a significantly higher chance of being impotent if you are a cyclist.
He was also a principle in the research that led to the introduction of Viagra, later creating the first department of sexual medicine in the United States.
He completed his residency at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California Medical Center.
He returned to the University of California, Riverside as a keynote speaker, giving the commencement address to the school's 2008 graduating class.
Salimpour was born and raised in Tehran, Iran during the Iranian Revolution in the late 1970s. At the age of 10, he was forced to stop playing the piano due to the ban on Western music implemented by radical clerics who were put in place during the revolution. He immigrated along with his family to the United States, six months after his older brother Pejman Salimpour had immigrated to the U.S. Salimpour moved to Los Angeles at age 12 where his father eventually opened his own medical practice after working for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He mastered the English language from watching cartoons in English. During his early childhood in Iran, he had previously watched the same cartoons that were dubbed into Persian. He stated that he was able to make the association between the languages after watching the same cartoons again in English. He spoke fluent English without an accent by the time he began junior high school in Woodland Hills in 1981.
Salimpour attended the University of California, Riverside upon graduating from high school. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the school in 1990. He went on to attend UCLA where he earned his Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Services Administration in 1992. Salimpour attended Boston University School of Medicine where he earned a medical degree in 2000. During his time at Boston University, he authored a widely publicized research project that studied the tie between erectile dysfunction to frequent bicycle riding. His study was attributed as the first scientific proof that there is a significantly higher chance of being impotent if you are a cyclist. He was also a principle in the research that led to the introduction of Viagra, later creating the first department of sexual medicine in the United States. He completed his residency at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California Medical Center. He returned to the University of California, Riverside as a keynote speaker, giving the commencement address to the school's 2008 graduating class.
Pedram Salimpour