His clinical focus is in the area of lymphoid neoplasms, which are diseases of the blood, lymph nodes, and blood-forming organs. His research interests are primarily focused on clinical cancer informatics, specifically: (1) natural language processing to extract clinical facts from narrative oncology texts; (2) visualization of the dissemination and uptake of new oncology treatments and technology innovations; and (3) high-dimensional data visual analytics. He is active in multiple informatics, cancer, and standards specialty societies. He is the immediate past Chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)'s Health Information Technology Work Group, which focuses on bringing new and innovative technologies to the routine care of cancer patients. He is also an Associate Editor of ASCO’s new journal, JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics.