| Keynote Speaker/Panel Member, Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program 40th Anniversary Student Retreat | Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering | New York City, NY |
2012 |
| Annual Pediatric Neurology Invited Lecturer | Cleveland Clinic | Cleveland OH |
2010 |
| Keynote Speaker, University of Utah Neurology Retreat | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT |
2010 |
| Baldwin Lecturer | University of Maryland Medical Center | Baltimore, MD |
2009 |
| Dean's Distinguished Lecturer | University of Arkansas Medical Center | Fayetteville, AR |
2008 |
| E. Stanley Emery Professor | University of Vermont Medical Center | Burlington, VT |
2008 |
| William H. Eilinger Endowed Chair of Pediatrics | University of Rochester Medical Center | Rochester NY |
2007 |
| Keynote Speaker | University of Rochester MSTP Program Retreat | Rochester, NY |
2006 |
| Distinguished Neurology Teacher Award | American Neurological Association | San Diego, CA |
2005 |
| Best Doctors in America |
2004 - Present |
| Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series Speaker | Tri-Institutional Distinguished Alumni Speaker | Cornell-Rockefeller-Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY |
2004 |
| Distinguished Alumni Speaker | Intel Science Talent Search | Washington, DC |
2004 |
| Named to Best Doctors in America |
2002 |
| Craumer Endowed Professorship for Pediatrics Research | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA |
2000 |
| Volunteer in the Schools Award | Pittsburgh Elementary Gifted Center | Pittsburgh, PA |
1999 |
| Named to Best Doctors in America |
1999 |
| Teaching Excellence Award, Second Year Medical School Class | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA |
1997 |
| Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award | University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA |
1996 |
| Kenneth E. Schuitt-Dean's Master Educator Award | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Pittsburgh, PA |
1995 |
| Conferral of tenure | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Pittsburgh, PA |
1991 |
| Presidential Citation | Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh |
1991 |
| Benjamin N. Cardozo High School Women in Science Award |
1990 |
| Michael E. Miller Young Investigator Award | Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh |
1990 |
| Child Neurology Fellows' Award for Excellence in Teaching |
1987 - 1989 |
| Ruth Estrin Goldberg Memorial Award for Cancer Research | Ruth Estrin Goldberg Memorial Foundation |
1985 |
| Alfred A. Richman Award for Cardiopulmonary Research | American College of Chest Physicians |
1980 |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Undergraduate Research Participant |
1973 |
| Westinghouse Science Talent Search, First Prize |
1972 |
| Yale National Scholar |
1972 |
| National Merit Scholar |
1972 |
| Tomorrow's Scientists and Engineers Award |
1972 |
| American Academy of Achievement Award |
1972 |
