Dr. Rehman is the Associate Chief of Staff for Education & Founding Director of Academic Primary Care Clinic at the Phoenix VA Healthcare Systems, where he is also the Chair of Continuing Professional Education (CPE), High Reliability Organization (HRO) and Schmitz Practitioner Awards Committees. He has founded the Biomedical Informatics Fellowship & currently serving as the Chair/Professor of Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI), Professor of Internal Medicine & Professor of Humanism at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix (UACOM-P). He also Chairs the UACOM-P Graduate Medical Education Committee.

He has served as the President of the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)-Mountain Region; Vice- President of the Academy on Communications in Healthcare (ACH); Conference Chair, International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH); Chair of Practice & Policy committee of European & International Association on Communication in Healthcare (EACH), Chair of American College of Physicians (ACP) Arizona Chapter’s Health and Public Policy committee (HPPC); founding member of ACP Council of Young Physicians (CYP); & Chair of ACP-SC Chapter CYP & HPPC and Chair of CME committee of Arizona Medical Association (ArMA).

Dr. Rehman is a national expert in “Healthcare Communication” and “Hypertension”. He has been invited to teach courses/workshops around the country as well as in many countries outside the USA. He was invited to give the Commencement Address on the Graduation Ceremony of Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) MD class of 2013.

He has been awarded the Master of the American College of Physicians (MACP) (highest award), Fellow of Academy on Communication in Healthcare (FACH), Fellow of International Association on Communication in Healthcare (FIACH), American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA), award-winning member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. American Society of Hypertension designated him a Clinical Specialist in Hypertension. He is a certified Mentor for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

He has received numerous awards including American Medical Women Association (AMWA) Exceptional Mentor Award, Medical University of South Carolina Best Mentor & Teacher Award, Best Doctors in America ® Award, David E. Rogers Teaching Award from Society of General Internal Medicine twice, Department of Veterans Affair Excellence in Medical Education Award, American College of Physicians (ACP) Young Physician Award, ACP James A. McFarland Award in Excellence in Teaching and Humanism, ACP Laureate Award, ACP Arizona Chapter Leader of the Year Award and Outstanding International Medical Graduate (IMG) award. He has been awarded the Best Faculty Award and inducted in the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society & Gold Humanism Honor Society. He has received the Phoenix VA Healthcare Systems Gerald Schmitz Award.

Dr. Rehman has participated in many landmark research trials as the VA Principal Investigator; examples include ACCORD, SPRINT, ACCOMPLISH, ONTARGET, PROMINENT etc. He has published hundreds of articles and book chapters. He is reviewer for many scientific journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Hypertension etc. He is the Associate Editor of Medical Encounter and was the editor of Journal Scan.