He is a political contributor at CNN, the author of Healing Politics: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic[5] and Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide (co-authored with Micah Johnson),[6] and the host of America Dissected with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a podcast about politics and public health produced by Crooked Media.[7] In 2020, he served on the Joe Biden–Bernie Sanders Unity Task Force on health care.