For the past seven years, he has traveled every week between Hualien and Taipei to promote anti-smoking campaigns and the fight against clinical depression as honorary executive director of the John Tung Foundation; he has also been the director of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Stem Cells Center and consultant to the Tzu Chi Medical Foundation.
自七年前，他就不支薪出任董氏基金會執行長，每週往返台北、花蓮，大力推廣禁菸與對抗憂鬱症；他還兼任慈濟骨髓幹細胞中心主任，以及慈濟醫療基金會顧問。