Awards & Achievements

Professional Honors or Awards:

• 1987 Gold Medal awarded at National University Championships
• 1988 First prize presentation, Connecticut Chapter, American College of Surgeons
• 1990 Winner, Publication of the Year Surgical Research Communications
• 1992 Finalist, American College of Surgeons, Research Fellowship
• 1992 Finalist, Association Academic Surgeons, Research Fellowship
• 1996 Golden Apple Award “Outstanding Teacher” UCLA General Surgery
• 1999 Vice Chair of Surgery, St. John’s Hospital
• 2000 Chief of Credential Committee, St. John’s Hospital
• 2000 Boerhaave Visiting Professor, University of Leiden
• 2001 America’s Top Doctor – Surgery
• 2001 Chief of Surgery, Century City Hospital
• 2002 Young Surgeon Representative, American College of Surgeons
• 2002 America’s Top Doctor – Surgery
• 2003 America’s Top Doctor – Surgery
• 2004 America’s Top Doctor – Surgery
• 2005 America’s Top Doctor – Surgery
• 2007 Chief of Surgery, Century City Hospital
• 2010 America’s Top Doctor For Cancer For Five Years
• 2011 Jeffrey Kavolius Memorial Lecture in Surgical Oncology Gary Wratten Surgical Symposium, Augusta Georgia
• 2011 America’s Top Doctor – Surgery 10 years in a row
• 2012 Humanitarian Award, Anti-Defamation League (Pacific Southwest Region)
• 2013 Commendation/Special Service Award – Mayor Butts – Mayor of Inglewood
• 2014 The Duke Special Service Award
• 2014 Distinguished Speaker Award, Bon Secours Cancer Institute Inaugural Summit
• 2014 Spirit of Community Award, Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center
• 2016 Lean Six Sigma certification — Institute for Healthcare Quality Research and Education
• 2021 Best of Santa Monica Award – Doctor category