He is appointed both in the Department of Biomedical Informatics in the College of Physicians & Surgeons as well as in the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health, and also at the Earth Institute. Dr. Kanter directs the Columbia International eHealth Lab (CIEL), which brings together resources from the medical school, public health school and the Earth Institute for eHealth work around the world. His work focuses on bringing real-world solutions to resource-poor settings to help them achieve the Millennium Development Goals. He specializes in clinical informatics and medical terminology and international standards, in particular.