These efforts led to his current position as President of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. A former Vice-Chair of the Canadian Medical Association's Council on Health Care and Promotion, he currently serves on its Ethics Committee and also sits on the Ontario Medical Association's negotiations, budget and health policy committees. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a Collaborating Investigator with the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, where his research interests include the interface between public health and emergency medicine.