He is a professor of family medicine at Georgetown University and Senior Scholar in Residence at the Robert Graham Center.
[3] He worked for the United States Public Health Service from 1979 to 2001, where he directed the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Center for Practice and Technology Assessment.
He also led the United States Preventive Services Task Force, the National Guideline Clearinghouse, and became an assistant Surgeon General.
[4] In 2001, he retired from the Public Health Service to begin working at RTI International, where he was a chief scientist for twelve years.
[5] In the 2024 United States presidential election, Kamerow endorsed Kamala Harris.