As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago, he sits on several committees including the Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition. Dr. Sargis is the Co-Director of the Diabetes Research and Training Program Pilot and Feasibility Program and Co-Director of the Section on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Seminar Series. He is the author of numerous publications, reviews, commentaries, case reports and a book chapter. In medical school at Rush University, his area of clinical focus was on environmental pollutants and metabolic disease. Dr. Sargis also earned a PhD in Biochemistry.