He served as a member of national advisory committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program, as well as a member of the Vision for the Future Commission of the American Board of Medical Specialties, a national 25-member commission charged with making recommendations about physician continuing certification.
His clinical interests include nutritional supplements, ergogenic aids in sports, and issues related to depression and mental illness in primary care.
He also served as a professor in the Department of Medical Education and as associate director of the University of Michigan Depression Center.
During his service as Dean, School of Medicine and Vice-President for Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, he focused on restructuring the school as a full four-year campus based in Reno, with a strong outreach to rural Nevada, including a budding regional campus in Elko.
His recent publications and speaking, including several viewpoints and editorials in JAMA, have focused on burnout and physician well-being.