He is board-certified in Medical Oncology, Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Geriatrics and Gerontology. His research interests are in new drug development and in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers. He completed a drug development scholarship at the Virginia G Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials/HonorHealth Research Institute in Scottsdale where he served as the principal investigator and sub-investigator in many early clinical trials in solid tumors. He also has an interest both in developing new biomarkers and targeted therapies in pancreatic cancer.