Honors and Awards
Awards
- Honorary Medical Officer, Fire Department New York 11/2008
- Leonard and Fleur Harlan Clinical Scholar in Neurological Surgery 2006
- Weill Cornell Medical College Research Award 2005
- Cervical Spine Research Society, DTI Imaging of the Cervical Spine Travel Grant Award 10/1999
- Japanese Neurosurgical Society, 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neurosurgical Society Resident Research Award 4/1999 "Early experience with coiling of cerebral aneurysms", Allegheny General Hospital
- Poster Award 11/1995 "Leukocyte activation after transient brain compression: an intravital Microscopy study", Neurotrauma Society, San Diego
- Poster Award 11/1994 "Posttraumatic CSF enhances ELAM-1 mediated neutrophil adhesion to endothelial cells". Society of Neurotrauma, Miami
- Favio Columella Award in Neurotraumatology 10/1993 "Reduction of posttraumatic intracranial hypertension by hypertonic/hyperoncotic Saline/Dextran and Mannitol", World Congress of Neurosurgery, Acapulco, Mexico,
- Travel Award 1992 "Therapy of posttraumatic intracranial hypertension: mannito Vs. hypertonic/hyperoncotic saline/dextran" 5th SALT Meeting, Galveston, Texas
- Poster Award 1990 "Influence of inhalation and intravenous anesthesia on posttraumatic Brain edema", Annual Meeting of the German Society of Neurosurgery, Dusseldorf
- Poster Award 1991 "Hypertonic-hyperoncotic solutions for fluid resuscitation in cerebral Injury and hemorrhagic shock: effects on regional cerebral blood-flow", 8th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure "ICP and Craniospinal Dynamics", Rotterdam
