Honors and Awards

Year | Name of Honor/Award | Awarding Organization

1995 | summa cum laude graduation honors | Providence College

1995 |Research Internship | Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

2003 | Travel Grant Award | National Eye Institute

2005 | Copeland Memorial Resident Research Award | Medical College of Wisconsin

2005 | Chief Resident (Faculty Selected) | Medical College of Wisconsin

2006 | Copeland Memorial Resident Research Award | Medical College of Wisconsin

2007 | Excellence in Research Award | Jules Stein Eye Institute/UCLA

2008 | Cosmetic Surgery Foundation Academic Research Grant | Cosmetic Surgery Foundation

2008 | Webster Paper Award | American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

2008 | Research Grant Award | Cosmetic Surgery Foundation

2012-2014 | Texas Super Doctors/Rising Stars | Super Doctors

2014 | Achievement Award | American Academy of Ophthalmology

2015-present | Texas Super Doctors | Super Doctors

2016 | Appointed ASOPRS Fellowship Program Director | American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

2018-present | America’s Top Doctors | Castle-Connolly

2021-present | Best Doctors | D Magazine

2023 | Inducted Member | American Ophthalmological Society (AOS)