He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes (Chile), where he has been affiliated since 2008. He is part of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, combining academic duties with clinical practice.

In addition to his academic role, he works as a psychiatrist at Clínica Universidad de los Andes (since 2014), and serves as a therapist and co-founder at DBT Chile, a center focused on dialectical behavior therapy.

He also directs the RADAR Program, an initiative dedicated to suicide prevention among adolescents in educational and public health settings.

Research focuses on adolescent suicide prevention, particularly through school-based interventions and the evaluation of public mental health policies. He has conducted studies on suicide risk, adolescent well-being, and early detection programs such as the RADAR system.

His work also explores the epidemiology of depression in the general population and the effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in youth with personality disorders. He combines clinical, community-based, and ethical approaches within contemporary psychiatry.

Has been teaching at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes since 2005. His teaching areas include psychiatry, child and adolescent mental health, and public health, in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.

He contributes to the training of students and healthcare professionals by integrating clinical, community-based, and ethical perspectives on mental health. He has also collaborated in teaching activities with the Faculties of Psychology and Philosophy, promoting connections between medicine, mental health, and the humanities.