Best Block Director, Best Lecturer,
University of Colorado School of Medicine Class of 2010 (awarded 2008)
Teaching Excellence Award for Block Direction,
University of Colorado School of Medicine Class of 2009 (awarded 2007)
University of Colorado Department of Neurosurgery Excellence in Education Award, 2005
Alpha Omega Alpha, UCLA 1996
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Washington, 1992
College Honors in Political Science, 1992
College Honors in Cell and Molecular Biology, 1992
Robert A. Dahl Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Political Science, 1991-92