Awards

1972

Casque and Gauntlet Honor Society, Dartmouth College

1980

Sir Andrew Watt Kay Surgical Fellow, Department of Surgery, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital

1983

Surgical Research Training Grant (Dr. Hebert Hechtman), Brigham and Women’s Hospital

1994

Stewart Fellow, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

1994

First prize poster competition for “Very Short Ileocecal Isografts in Enterectomized Rats,”  Surgical Section, American Academy of Pediatrics, Dallas, Texas

1994

Merk Fellowship Award for “Very Short Ileocecal Isografts in Enterectomized Rats.”  American College of Gastroenterology, 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, California

1996

Chosen by American Health Magazine as one of the “Best Doctors in America.” Published in the March 1996 issue.

2001

Chosen by peers as one of the specialists they’d go to in the article entitled, “Top Docs”, Northeast Ohio Live Magazine, published in the April 2001 issue.

2001

Kingston’s National Registry of Who’s Who, 2002 Edition.

2002

Inclusion in the second edition of America’s Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United States.

2003

Inclusion under “Surgery” in the edition of Consumers’ Guide to Top Doctors, a national guide that lists more than 20,000 top-rated doctors by medical specialists in the 50 largest metropolitan areas of the United States.

2003

Inclusion in the third edition of America’s Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United States.

2003

Teacher of the Year, 2003.  Department of Pediatrics, Fairview General Hospital.

2004

Inclusion in the fourth edition of America’s Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United States.

2004

Nominated as “International Health Professional of The Year” by The International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England

2005

Inclusion in the fifth edition of America’s Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United States.

2005

Chosen by peers as one of the specialists they’d go to in the article entitled, “Top Doctors”, Northern Ohio Live, published in the April 2005 issue.

2005-2006

Chosen by peers as one of the specialists in the database entitled, “Best Doctors in America”.

2006

Chosen by peers as one of the specialists they’d go to in the article entitled, “Top Docs”, Northeast Ohio Live Magazine, published in the April 2006 issue.

2006

Inclusion in the sixth edition of America’s Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United States.

2007

Chosen as Top Doctor in New York Magazine

2007

Inclusion in the seventh edition of America’s Top Doctors, a national guide to outstanding medical specialists throughout the United States.

2008

Chosen as Top Doctor in New York Magazine

2009

Chosen by peers as one of America’s Top Doctors in Castle Connolly’s American Registry.

2009

Inclusion in “Guide to America’s Top Surgeons” by Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2009 Edition.

2009

Chosen as Top Doctor in New York Magazine

2009-2010

Selected by peers to be included in the Best Doctors in America database.

2009

Inclusion in the fifth edition of Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, an acclaimed guide to the top medical specialists in the nation.

2009

Chosen by patients for the 2009 Patient’s Choice Award in Castle Connolly’s American Registry.

2010

Chosen by peers as one of America’s Top Doctors in Castle Connolly’s American Registry.

2010

Chosen as one of ‘NJ’s Favorite Docs’ by Family Magazine.

2010

Included on “The 2010 List” of NJ’s Favorite Kids’ Docs as featured in New Jersey Family Magazine.

2011

Inclusion in New Jersey: Most Recommended Physicians – as Chosen by their Peers and Point Ranking published by National Consumers Survey.

2011

Selected by peers as one of the Best Doctors in America 2010-2011 database.

2011

Inclusion in excerpt New Jersey Life Health and Beauty Magazine as part of the 2011-2012 Best Doctors’ list as chosen by peer review.

2011

Named one of “Inside Jersey’s 2011 Top Doctors for Children’s Health” by MDAdvantage.

2011-2012

Selected by peers to be included in the Best Doctors in America 2011-2012 database.

2011

Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in “Inside Jersey” Magazine.

2011

Named as one of US News and World Report’s Top Doctors.

2011

Named “Top Doctor in Pediatric Surgery” from Healthfirst NJ.

2011

Selected by the American Registry and PatientsChoice.org to be included in the prestigious 2011 Compassionate Doctor Certification.

2012

Named “Jersey Choice Top Doctor” in New Jersey Monthly’s annual survey of NJ doctors.

2012

Awarded Castle Connolly Top Doctor by American Registry for the 10th year in a row.

2012

Named in “America’s Top Doctors For Cancer” by Castle Connolly Medical  8th Edition.