Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 11, 1994-2019

Deputy Majority Leader, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007-2019

Assistant Majority Leader, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007

Vice-Chair, Baltimore County Delegation, 1995-1998

Member, State Advisory Council on Quality Care at the End of Life, 2012-present

Member, House Democratic Business Caucus, 2005-present

Member, Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-present

Member, State Board of Spinal Cord Injury Research, 2005-present

Member, Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-present

Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 1996-present

Former Member, Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Member, Health Care Delivery Reform Subcommittee, Health Care Reform Coordinating Council, 2011-present

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Juvenile Law Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Legislative Information Technology and Open Government Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Member, Maryland Medical Marijuana Model Program Workgroup, 2011-present

Chair, Government Operations Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2017

Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2003-2017

Member, Minority Health Disparities Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2007-2017

Member, Joint Information Technology and Biotechnology Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2009-2014

Member, House Emergency Medical Services Work Group, 2009

Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2007

Member, Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 2005-2006

Member, Governor's Council for Historically Underutilized Businesses, 2004-2005

Member, State Commission on Infant Mortality Prevention, 1999-2005

Member, Task Force to Study the Economic Development of the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Industries/Aquaculture Industry Work Group, 2002-2004

Co-Chair, Advisory Council on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 2000-2003

Member, Environmental Matters Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-2003

Member, Task Force to Study Efficiency in Procurement, 2003

Member, Task Force on Indoor Air Quality, 2001-2002

Vice-Chair, Task Force to Study Increasing the Availability of Substance Abuse Programs, 1998-2001

Member, State Advisory Council on Hereditary and Congenital Disorders, 1995-2000

Member, Task Force to Conquer Cancer in Maryland, 1999

Member, Task Force to Study Uses of Methylphenidate and Other Drugs on School Children, 1997-1999

Member, Task Force on Drug-Addicted Offenders, Cabinet Council on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 1995-1996

Member, Task Force to Examine the State's Cemetery and Funeral Industry, 1996

Elected Member, Democratic State Central Committee, 1990-1994

Executive Committee Member, Maryland Democratic Party, 1992-1994

Member, Governor's Advisory Council on Recycling, 1989-1992

Member, Baltimore County Committee on Cost, Spending, and Efficiency, 1991

Member, Maryland-Kuwait Health Care Task Force, 1991

Member, Task Force on Recycling, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, 1990

Fire Surgeon, Baltimore County, 1982-present

Stadium Physician, Baltimore Orioles

Faculty, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Emergency Physician, Northwest Hospital

Emergency Physician, Sinai Hospital

Faculty, University of Maryland Medical School

Author, The Better End: Surviving (and Dying) on Your Own Terms in Today's Modern Medical World, 2011

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Franklin Square Hospital, 1981-1994

Physician, Navajo Indian Health service Hospital, Chinle, Arizona, 1991-1992

Medical Director, Region III, Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System (MIEMSS), 1982-1989

Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians

Founder/President, Professional Emergency Physicians

Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Democratic Party, 1992-1994

Awards:

Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service, American Medical Association, 2011

Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2008, 2010, 2011

Public Service Award, The Arc Baltimore, 2013