He is also Medical Director of the Alkek Eye Center, Medical Director and Chair of the Governing Board of Baylor College of Medicine Ambulatory Surgery Center, and Co-Director of Baylor College of Medicine Aesthetics. He has been Principal Investigator in various research trials, authored over 85 peer-reviewed journal publications, and edited two previous books on surgery of the eyelids and advances in aesthetic and reconstructive oculofacial plastic surgery. He is the recipient of a number of awards, including, in 2013, the Senior Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.