HONORS/AWARDS

2006
POSNA 2006 Traveling Fellowship Recipient. One of three pediatric orthopedic surgeons chosen to represent the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America during 3 weeks of visitations to centers of pediatric orthopedics in Europe.

2005
Robert N. Hensinger 2005 Clinical Scientific Paper Award. For presenting the Outstanding Clinical Paper Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting POSNA entitled “Volume of Scoliosis Surgery Among Surgeons with Spine versus Pediatric Fellowship Training in the States of New York and California”.

2002 - Present
Irving Scholar Award. Irving Center of Clinical Research, Columbia University.

2001 - 2002
Leadership Fellows Program Award. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons National Fellowship Program Designed to Select and Train Those with Leadership Potential within the Field of Orthopedic Surgery.

June 2000
Nominee for Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award.
Arnold P. Gold Foundation.

March 1998, May 2000
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of New York. Award for Best Resident Research Paper
Awarded at the Annual POCNY Research Conference.

Awarded Fall, 1998
Harrison McLaughlin Award in Orthopedic Trauma.

February, 1997
Frank Stinchfield Award in Orthopedic Research
Presented at the Annual NYOH Alumni Reunion.

May 1995 Rosamond Cane Cummins,'52 Memorial Award in Pediatric Orthopedics.
April 1998 Rosamond Cane Cummins,'52 Memorial Award in Pediatric Orthopedics.
June 2000 Rosamond Cane Cummins,'52 Memorial Award in Pediatric Orthopedics.

May 1995
Medical Society of the State of New York State.
Community Service Award.

August 1993 - January 1994
Dean's / NIH Award For Basic Science Research:
Supported six months of work in the Biochemistry Section of the Orthopedic Research Laboratory at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center working under Anthony Ratcliffe, Ph.D. and Van C. Mow, Ph.D. Responsibilities included cartilage harvest and culture, refinement of in vitro system of mechanical loading, RNA and DNA isolation, and quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

May, 1989 - May, 1990
Thomas J. Watson Traveling Fellowship:
A national scholarship, which supported one year of independent research.
Research focussed on an exploration of the cultural context of health care in England, Italy, and Japan.

May, 1988 - September
Parkinson's Disease Foundation Research Fellowship. 1988 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.