Dr. Waters' areas of expertise primarily focus on transfusion management, blood salvage, and obstetrics. He has been federally funded to support investigations in these areas, with multiple peer-reviewed publications resulting, as well as five books on the topic of blood management and one book on neurologic disease in pregnancy. In addition to conducting research, he has served on the editorial board of the journal Transfusion and is the Associate Editor for the Blood Management section of the journal. He is a member of the Clinical Transfusion Medicine committee for the American Association of Blood Banks and currently serves on the Committee on Blood Management for the American Society of Anesthesiologists. He is a Past President of the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management.