He did his internship at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Behavioral Medicine Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 1995 to 2002, he was an attending psychologist at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Clinically, he specializes in treating people with comorbid medical and psychological conditions, in particular severe burns. His research has focused on psychosocial burn rehabilitation (e.g., PTSD, psychosocial adjustment to scarring). He also writes about social justice issues and is on the editorial board of the Grassroots Economic Organizing (GEO) newsletter, which focuses on the movement for economic democracy.