Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Paper Award, North American Spine Society
- Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
- Best Paper Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
- Presidential Citation for Excellence in Teaching, American Avademy of Disability Evaluating Physicians
- Outstanding Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
- Volvo Clinical Research Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Summa Cum Laude, State University of New York at Albany