• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, elected in 1988. Awarded to graduates in top 10% of medical school class.

• Honors Program in Medical Education, Northwestern University Medical School, 1983 -1989.

• Named Best Doctor in Dallas by D Magazine.

• Selected as a Texas Super Doctor (in 2004, 2005 and 2006) by Texas Monthly magazine.  Awarded to fewer than 5% of Texas physicians.

• Faculty Lecturer: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Advances and Perspectives in Plastic Surgery Symposium, Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium, Dallas Endoscopic Surgery Symposium.

• Best Journal Article Award, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1996.

• Best Cosmetic Surgery Presentation (Sherrell J. Aston Award), Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation, 1995.

• First Place Award, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Scholarship Contest, 1994.

• Best Presentation (Thomas D. Cronin Award), Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1994.

• Academic Excellence Award, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1990 and 1991.