Dr. Wilson is board-certified in Emergency and Addiction Medicine and is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry at Carilion Medical Center in Roanoke, Virginia. He serves as Director of Emergency Psychiatry for Carilion, President-Elect of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, Senior Associate Editor of the Journal of Emergency Medicine, and Immediate Past Chair of the Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies. His research on behavioral emergencies and substance use disorders has been cited over 4,550 times (h-index 33), and he has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, 30 book chapters, and four edited books, with work recognized and funded by major federal and national organizations.