 He also holds Adjunct Professor positions at both University of Georgia (Atlanta, GA) and University of Miami (Miami, Florida).He worked part-time for the Emory University affiliated Atlanta VA for 35 years while maintaining his Emory University appointment, retiring from the VA in 2016.He began his work as a herpes virologist with a specific focus on developing drug therapeutics for orolabial and genital herpes and severe life-threatening infections like herpes encephalitis.