Burns School of Medicine and a pediatrician at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (KMCWC) in the Pediatric Clinic and Term Nursery. He is the medical director and principal investigator for HEALTHY Tobacco and Nicotine Cessation Program at KMCWC. He is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a former board member of the Hawaii chapter, and is involved with the provisional section on tobacco control. He also serves on the board of Hawaii Public Health Institute (Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii is a program of the Institute).