Honors and Awards
- Attribution of the Christian Guilleminault Award for Research in Sleep Medicine, World Association of Sleep Medicine
- Distinguished Scientist Award, Sleep Research Society
- Honorary professor, Department of Oto-laryngology, Medical Sciences School of the Capital University, Beijing, China
- Life Achievement Award, National Sleep Foundation
- Doctor “Honoris Causa”, University of Liege (School of Medicine) (Belgium)
- The Lecture for the 100th anniversary of the Dental-Medical School, Dental-Medical School of the Universite de Montreal” Montreal, (Canada)
- Sleep Society Award, Brazilian Sleep Society
- Sleep Science Award, American Academy of Neurology
- Honorable Member, Colombian Association of Sleep Medicine
- Honorable Correspondent, Chilean Internal Medicine society
- Distinguished Lecturer in Physiology, American College of Chest Physician
- Annenberg Award for contribution in the field of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Apnea,, Annenberg Award
- Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum Award for Research, Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum
- Nolfe Lecture, Oslo University Medical School
- William C. Dement Award,, American Sleep Disorders Association
- President's Award of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, American Board of Sleep Medicine
- The 200th Anniversary Linus Lecture, University of Upsala, Sweden
- Honorable Member, Argentinean Child Neurology Association
- Honorable Member, Colombian Neurological Association
- Nathanial Kleitman Award, ASDC
- Royal Lecture, University of Ottawa Medical School
- North American Chairman, Section on Neurology, Pan American Medical Association,
- Certificate of Merit, Sleep Disorders Exhibit,, American Medical Association
- Certificate of Merit, American Medical Association, San Francisco,
- Boursier de Recherche de la Societe Medicale des Hopitaux de Paris,, societe medicale des hopitaux de Paris