- Voted Top Plastic Surgeon in Louisville, KY, by Louisville Physicians 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- “Best of Presentations “ASAPS Facial Symposium 2018
- 1st Place Resident Paper Missouri Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons “Computerized Mapping of the Topographic Organization of the Human Facial Nerve” April 1992
- 3rd Place Resident Paper American College of Surgeons “Somatopic Organization of the Facial Nerve” June 1991
- 1st Place Resident Paper St. Louis Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery “Innovated Composite Flaps for Lower Lip Reconstruction” 1991
- Charles M. Edlen Award Best Resident Publication Department of Surgery 1990
- The Second National Conference on Research Goals and Methods in Otolaryngology Scholarship 1987
- Morgan Williams Award Department of Surgery Outstanding Surgery Student 1983
- American Heart Association Scholarship for Research 1981
Research Projects
- Facial nerve anatomy and relationship to facelift procedures
- Development of improved outcomes neck lift procedure
- Innovation of new lip lift procedures
- Application of hemostatic net to aesthetic procedures