Invited Address, Weighing in on Improving Bariatric Surgery, UK Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, Chichester, England
Outstanding Abstract, Improvement in Adolescent Cardiac Risk Factors after Gastric Bypass, International Federation of Surgery for Obesity
Invited Address, Utilizing Patient Safety Indicators in Quality Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Invited Address, The Role of the Surgical Champion, NSQIP, American College of Surgeons
Ethan Sims Young Investigator Finalist Award, Obesity Society
Excellence in Teaching, Stanford School of Medicine
Best Student Poster, Stanford School of Medicine Research Symposium
Most Newsworthy Abstract (only 5 of 800 chosen), Digestive Diseases Week
Expert Panel on Bariatric Surgery for BMI< 35, RAND
Magisterial Address, 2009 Annual Meeting, Asociación
Mexicana de Cirugía General y el Colegio Americano de Cirujanos
Most Newsworthy Abstract (only 5 of 800 chosen), Digestive Diseases Week
President-Elect, California Chapter of the American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons
Best Student Research Poster, Stanford University School of Medicine
Arthur L. Bloomfield Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Clinical Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt
Young Investigator of the Year, SAGES
Visiting Professor, Henry Ford Hospitals
Visiting Professor, St.Antonius Hospitals, Maastricht, Holland
Best Fellow Presentation, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV
Expert Panel on Birth Outcomes after Bariatric Surgery, RAND
Gastric Bypass and Cardiac Risk Factors: Is the Way to Heart Through the Stomach?, Inaugural Conference on Obesity Diabetes and Hypertension, Berlin, Germany
Poster of Distinction, SAGES, Las Vegas, NV
Best Poster Award (170 posters presented), International Federation of Surgery for Obesity, Sydney, Australia
Ronald H.Fegelman Memorial Lecturer, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Excellence in Teaching, Stanford School of Medicine
Expert Panel on Bariatric Surgery Quality Indicators, RAND