| 2010 Joseph V. McDonald Excellence in Teaching Award | URMC Department of Neurosurgery Resident Staff | Rochester, NY |
2010 |
| Key to the City | Mayor Robert Duffey | Rochester, NY |
2009 |
| Edward & Jacqueline S. Harris Award | Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. | Rochester, NY |
2009 |
| The Carl S. Hallauer Award | Police Rosewood Club | Rochester, NY |
2009 |
| 2007 Joseph V. McDonald Excellence in Teaching Award | URMC Department of Neurosurgery Resident Staff | Rochester, NY |
2007 |
| Attending Teacher of the Year | Medical & surgical housestaff / Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle, WA |
1992 |
| Bronze Star (for leadership in a combat theatre) | United States Army | Washington, D.C. |
1991 |
| Attending Teacher of the Year | Medical & surgical housestaff / Letterman Army Medical Center | San Francisco, CA |
1988 |
| Attending Teacher of the Year | Medical students & housestaff; Letterman Army M | San Francisco, CA |
1987 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society | Alpha Omega Alpha | Menlo Park, CA |
1980 |