Currently, he teaches a component of the medical-surgical content in the classroom to senior nursing students, along with teaching senior clinicals. He works part-time as an Advanced Practice Nurse - Clinical Nurse Specialist with Neurosurgery at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. He was a member of Peoria's 40 Leaders Under Forty Class of 2007. He received the College of Educaiton and Health Sciences Dr. Joan L. Sattler Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. His Current research interests include coping within the spinal cord injury population.