Harvey Cushing Medal -The highest honor the AANS can bestow on a member
National
AANS Scientific Meeting
· May 2024
the highest honor the AANS can bestow on a member, was established in 1976. Given annually, this award recognizes AANS members for distinguished service and accomplishments in the field of neurosurgery.
International Travelling Fellow Award
Other
Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.
· October 2023
Awarded in honor of Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD by the Christopher I. Shaffrey Honor Your Mentor fund, to support travel by an international participant to present a paper at the Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves.
Cushing Award for Technical Excellence and Innovation
Other
AANS Annual Scientific Meeting
· April 2022
The Cushing Award honors an AANS member for technical prowess and skill and/or innovation in the development of new procedures that have become part of the arsenal a neurosurgeon uses to treat disease or trauma.
Hibbs Awards For Best Clinical Research Paper Adverse Events in Multilevel Surgery in Elderly Patients with Spinal Deformity: Report of the Prospective Evaluation of Elderly Deformity Surgery (PEEDS)
Other
Scoliosis Research Society
· 2021
Meritorius Service Award
Other
32nd Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
· March 2016
The Best Doctors in America 2010-2023
Other
The Best Doctors in America
· 2010
Russell A. Hibbs Award for Best Clinical Presentation: Risk-Benefit Assessment of Surgery for Adult Scoliosis: An Analysis Based on Patient Age?
Other
Scoliosis Research Society
· September 2009
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, (6th edition)
Other
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
· 2006
Who’s Who in Medical Sciences Education
Other
Who’s Who in Medical Sciences Education
· 2005
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, (5th edition)
Other
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
· 2004
Excellence in Clinical Care Award, University of Washington
Other
University of Washington
· 2003
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 4th edition
Other
Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
· 2002
Seattle’s Best Doctors, (edition)
Other
Seattle’s Best Doctors
· 2002
Counsel of State Neurosurgical Societies Young Neurosurgeons Award, “Economic Analysis rhBMP-2 vs. Autogenous Iliac Crest Bone Graft for One Level Spinal Fusions”
Other
Counsel of State Neurosurgical Societies Young Neurosurgeons Award
· October 2001
Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors 2001-2023
Other
Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors
· 2001
Who’s Who in America, 54th edition
Other
Who’s Who in America
· 2000
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves/ AME Spine Fellowship Award
Other
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section
· July 1994
Crutchfield-Thomason-Gage Award, “Preclinical Analysis of Gore-Tex Surgical Membranes vs. Silastic as Dural Substitutes in a Model of Cortico-pial Injury”
Other
Neurological Society of the Virginias
· January 1994
Crutchfield-Thomason-Gage Award, “Evaluation of an Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Membrane as a Dural Substitute”
Other
Neurological Society of the Virginias
· January 1992
MacArthur Foundation Scholarship
Other
MacArthur Foundation
· August 1991