Dr. Herscovitch has published and lectured widely in the field of PET, especially on functional brain imaging topics, including cerebral blood flow and metabolism, neuroreceptor measurements, and brain abnormalities in neurologic and psychiatric diseases. He has co-authored three books—Quantitative Functional Brain Imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (Academic Press, 1998), Brain Imaging Using PET (Academic Press, 2002), and NeuroPET: PET in Neuroscience and Clinical Neurology (Springer-Verlag, 2004). He has published more than 200 peer reviewed manuscripts, reviews, and chapters.

Dr. Herscovitch has served on several government advisory groups, including FDA and CMS Advisory Committees and NIH Study Sections, and as reviewer for research-granting agencies.