Gitlow currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Addictive Diseases, on the Board of Directors of the New York County Medical Society, on the Board of Directors of Oxford House, Inc., and on the Addiction Psychiatry Examination Committee for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is an Aviation Medical Examiner for the Federal Aviation Administration, serving as a consultant to the Federal Air Surgeon on matters of addiction and psychiatry. He has served as medical expert on over 3500 legal cases since 1994, working with federal and state law enforcement, with public defense and on additional private, regulatory, and administrative matters.