Dr Haghighat was born in Germany and raised in Iran. After earning his veterinary degree, he moved to Canada and worked at an SPCA in Newmarket, Ontario and then an emergency practice in Toronto.

After working for a short period in general practice, he began working at the Holistic Veterinary Clinic in Newmarket. He was certified in acupuncture by Chi University, and trained in postural rehabilitation with Dr Judith Shoemaker. He also has training in rehabilitation and matrix repatterning.

Dr Haghighat earned a Post Graduate Diploma in Bio-Regulatory Medicine from Bio-Medic. He took over the practice in 2010 and has grown the practice exponentially since then.