He founded and managed the Viscott Center for Natural Therapy in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach and Pasadena, California.

He screened telephone calls and gave considerable amount of free psychological counselling to his on-air "patients."

Viscott's signature style was to attempt to isolate an individual's source of emotional problems in a very short amount of time.

His autobiography, The Making of a Psychiatrist, was a best-seller, a Book of the Month Club Main Selection, and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

[4] The character's retirement was marked by the broadcast of a Dr. Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital over Lou's walkie-talkie in "Who Shot Mr. Burns?