During his time as a medical student and a few years after graduation, Dr. Long worked as a research fellow at Mercy Hospital in India before coming to Boston University. For his work there and teaching, he received the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Since then, he has written papers on antimicrobial beads, diabetes, and pulmonary echinococcus and regularly gives presentations in addition to teaching residents.