Honors and Awards

Community Awards and Honors

  • Golden Scalpel to the outstanding surgeon of the year. Award given by Loma Linda University Surgery Residents (1997 - Present)

Professional Awards and Honors

  • First prize for the paper “Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication in a patient with gastric malrotation”. 40th annual meeting  of the Tri-County Surgical Society. Riverside, CA (06/1997 - 09/2009)
  • First prize, Surgical Oncology category for the paper “Patterns of recurrence and treatment of stage I melanoma”. 35th Annual Meeting of the Tri-County Surgical Society.  Loma Linda, CA (05/1992 - Present)
  • Second prize for the paper “Paget-Schroetter Syndrome: A case Presentation, Literature Review and Treatment Recommendations”. 42th annual meeting  of the Tri-County Surgical Society. Riverside, CA (04/1999 - Present)
  • Distinguished and Outstanding Leadership. Award given by the medical staff Riverside County Regional Medical Center. (2004 - Present)

University Awards and Honors

  • Elected as Faculty member  to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Medical Society (2003 - 09/2009)
  • Outstanding Leadership and Excellence in Surgical Education. Award given by LLUMC Chief Residents in Surgery (2002 - 2001)
  • Teaching award.  Given for outstanding contributions to academic teaching by the faculty of the department of surgery and the students of the school of medicine.  Loma Linda University (1995 - Present)
  • Golden Scalpel to the outstanding surgeon of the year. Award given by Loma Linda University Surgery Residents (1998 - Present)
  • Most Outstanding Outside-Faculty Teacher of the Year. Award given by Loma Linda University Emergency Medicine Residents. Loma Linda (1999 - Present)
  • Special Appreciation Award for contributions towards excellence in residency education. Given by the Faculty and Residents of Loma Linda University Medical Center. (2006 - Present)