He was research and clinical director of the University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre, chair of orthopedic surgery at the University of Calgary and scientific director of the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis for Canada. Currently, he is chief executive officer of Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions and earlier this year was named Alberta's first representative to the Health Council of Canada. In 2011, Dr. Frank was named, by Alberta Venture magazine, one of Alberta's 50 Most Influential People, and he recently received both the Order of the University of Calgary and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.