Awards & Honors

Edwin G. Bovill Award Winning Highlight Paper, Presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 75th Annual Meeting Specialty Day, San Francisco, California, March, 2008.

Most Outstanding Lecturer, Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 2002.

First Runner-up, Most Outstanding Lecturer, Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 2001.

Most Outstanding Lecturer, Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 2000.

American Orthopaedic Association, Elected June 4, 1999.

Faculty Advisor and Co-Author, Runner-up for the Outstanding Paper at the Haddad Memorial Lectureship, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 1999.

Faculty Advisor and Co-Author, First Place Winner of the Duncan Lectureship Resident Research Award, St. Lukes Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1997.

Faculty Advisor and Co-Author, First Place Winner of the Duncan Lectureship Resident Research Award, St. Lukes Medical Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Cleveland, Ohio, May, 1996.

Most Outstanding Lecturer, Colorado Orthopaedic Review Course, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May, 1996.

Faculty Advisor, Association for Academic Surgery Surgical Student Research Award. Award presented by the Association for Academic Surgery, 1995.

Faculty Advisor and Co-Author, First Place Winner of the Meyerding Essay Contest, 1995. Award presented at the 57th Annual Meeting and Scientific Program of the American Fracture Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, May, 1995.

American Orthopaedic Association John J. Fahey, MD, Memorial North American Traveling Fellowship, 1994. Award presented at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, June 1995.

Faculty Advisor and Co-Author, American Orthopaedic Association Residents Travel Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, 1994. Award presented at the 107th Annual American Orthopaedic Association, Sun Valley, Idaho, June, 1994.

Rancho Los Amigos Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, 1991. Award presented at the Rancho Los Amigos Annual Winter Orthopaedic Research Meeting, Downey, California, December, 1991.

Southern Orthopaedic Association First Place Award for the Most Outstanding Research Paper Presented at the 7th Annual Residents and Fellows' Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, October, 1990. Award presented at the 8th Annual Southern Orthopaedic Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado, August, 1991.

Harry D. Morris Award for the Most Outstanding Research Paper Presented at the 37th Annual
Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, October, 1990.

Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Traveling Resident Award, 1990-1991. Award presented at the 10th Annual Mid-America Orthopaedic Association, Orlando, Florida, April, 1992.

Smith and Nephew Richards Residents Award for Orthopaedic Research (First Runner-up). Award presented at the 8th Annual Smith and Nephew Richards Invitational Orthopaedic Resident Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, August, 1990.

American Orthopaedic Association Residents Travel Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research, 1990. Award presented at the 103rd Annual American Orthopaedic Association, Boston, Massachusetts, June, 1990.

Veterans Administration Outstanding Rating Certificate, 1989.

Tulane University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Award for Excellence in
the Field of Spine Research, 1989.