Top Doctor Award, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
OtherMinneapolis – St. Paul Magazine · 2020
Visiting Professor
UniversityWeill Cornell School of Medicine, Brain Metastases Symposium · May 2019
Visiting Professor
UniversityDuke University Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology · May 2018
Health Policy Fellow
Scholarly SocietyASTRO · 20172017-18.
Member, Nominating Committee for Community Practice
Scholarly SocietyASTRO · 2017Elected 2017 for a three-year term
Visiting Professor
UniversityCleveland Clinic, Department of Radiation Oncology · March 2014
Fellow
NationalAmerican Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) · 2014
Best of ASTRO Award 2013
Scholarly SocietyASTRO · 2013Secondary Analysis of RTOG 9508, a Phase III Randomized Trial of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) versus WBRT Plus Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) in Patients with 1-3 Brain Metastases; Post-Stratified by the Graded Prognostic Assessment (GPA), presented at the Annual ASTRO Meeting, September 24, 2013, Atlanta and at The Best of ASTRO meeting, San Diego, CA, November 8, 2013.
Scholarly SocietySociety of Neuro-Oncology · November 2002Given for the brain tumor research deemed "most important" by the SNO Board, presented at the annual meeting in San Diego.
Plenary Presentation
Scholarly SocietyASTRO · October 2002Stereotactic Radiosurgery with Whole Brain Radiation Therapy Improves Survival in Patients With Brain Metastases: Report of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Phase III Study 95-08. ASTRO Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
Award of Distinction for Clinical Research
OtherMetro-Minnesota Community Clinical Oncology Program · October 2002
1999 Lane W. Adams Award
NationalAmerican Cancer Society · June 2000Given for demonstrating excellence in caring and promoting improved quality of life for persons with cancer. One of four physicians in the nation to receive this award. Presentation in Phoenix.
Chairman
UniversityHubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Selection Committee · 1995Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1995-97.
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow
UniversityHumphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota · 1994Humphrey Policy Forum, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1994-95.
Career Development Award Recipient
NationalAmerican Cancer Society · 1993The In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Pentoxifylline and Radiation in Human Brain Tumors. Award relinquished due to change of Institution.
Doctor of the Day
OtherABC News · September 1992TV News report about the development of the stereotactic radiosurgery program at the University of Minnesota: ABC News, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis. 9/10/92.
Visiting Professor
UniversityInternal Medicine, Hunan Medical College · November 1987Changsha, China, Yale-China Association
Henry Luce Scholar
NationalThe Henry Luce Foundation · 1984One of 15 "future leaders of America" awarded the one year scholarship for study and research in Southeast Asia: Research on the association of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen and Hepatocellular Carcinoma, supervised by Dr. Palmer Beasley, MD, MPH, Taipei, Taiwan, 1984-85.