He is an active member in the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. His research interests are focused on translational interventions for retinal photoreceptor degeneration, novel microsurgical instrumentation, and treatments for ischemic retinal diseases. He recently received the Team Science Award from the Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, as well as two grants from the Colorado Bioscience Program to support this research.