Medical School and Residency
1987 - Alpha Omega Alpha, National Medical Honor Society
1987 - Dr. Harold L. Method Award for Outstanding Surgical Resident
1988 - Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, Northwestern University Medical School
1989 - Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University
1990 - Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, Northwestern University Medical School
Professional and Faculty
1994 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
1995-2014 - Castle and Connelly Top Doctors in America and Chicago Magazine Top Doctors
1995 - Outstanding Clinical Teacher Award, Class of 1995, Northwestern University Medical School
1996 - Compassionate Care Award, Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
1997 - Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Resident Class of 1997, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2000 - Robert Winter Award for Outstanding Clinical Teaching in the Surgical Clerkship, Class of 2001, Northwestern University Medical School
2001 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2002 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award,, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2002 - J. Bradley Aust Award - Best Paper by a New Member, Western Surgical Association
2003 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2004 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2005-2014 - US News and World Report’s Top 1% of American Surgeons
2005 - Vincent J. O’Connor, Sr. Award for Excellence in Teaching, As Selected by Urology Residents, Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School
2005 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2006 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
2011 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
2012 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
2013 - Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
2014 - Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Chicago Chapter, Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Faculty Teaching Award