Honors and Awards
American Thoracic Society, International Conference, 2007
Scientific Breakthroughs of the Year, Airway Epithelial Resistance to Smoking: Differences in Small Airway Epithelium Gene Expression in Healthy Individuals with High Pack-yr
History vs Individuals with an Early COPD Phenotype with Low Pack-yr History
James P. Smith Clinical Scholar (2007-Present)
Fellow, Stony-Wold Herbert Fund, Inc.(1999-Present)
Stonywall Herbert Research Fellow (1993)
Distinguished Student, Medical School Fundacion Universidad Del Norte, Colombia (1985)
Distinguished Student, División de Ciencias de la Salud-
Medicina, Fundacion Universidad del Norte (1979-1982)
