Honors and Awards
Clinical:
America's Top Surgeons, 2007
Consumer Research Council of America
Distinguished Housestaff Award, for all-around excellence, Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council, 2007
Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Virginia, 2006
Consultant of the Year Award, University of Virginia, (presented by the Emergency Department), 2004
Bill Dion Memorial Award, University of Virginia, (Outstanding Surgical Intern), 2000
Teaching:
James Earnest Kindred Award (Given by the graduating medical school class to one member of the University of Virginia House Staff whom the students feel has "displayed the greatest enthusiasm for teaching students"), 2005 and 2007
All-University Teaching Award, University of Virginia, 2006
Dean's Award for Resident Teaching, University of Virginia, 2006
Institution nominee for Resident Award for Exemplary Teaching, American College of Surgeons, 2005
Research:
University of Virginia John Horsley Memorial Prize (given for excellence in basic science research to current or former Surgical House Staff), 2006
Second Prize, University of Virginia Research Day, 2006
Third place, Marvin R. Dunn Poster Session, ACGME Annual Meeting, 2006
First Prize, University of Virginia Research Day, 2005
The Chairmans Award for Excellence in Basic Science Research (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), 2003
Trainee Travel Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2003
