Honors & Awards
U.S. Bone and Joint Initiative, Young Investigators Initiative Program
November 2017
Orthopedics, Blue Ribbon Award
November 2016
Western Orthopaedics Association, Poster Award
September 2016
American Orthopaedic Association, Emerging Leader
September 2015
Mayo Clinic, Young Investigator Research Symposium
March 2014
International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty, Presentation Award
October 2013
International Cartilage Research Society-Stryker, Traveling Clinical Scientist Program
May 2012
Western Orthopaedic Association, Vernon Thompson Award
July 2011
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Clinical Scientist Development Program
October 2010
California Orthopaedic Association, J. Harold LaBriola Resident Award
April 2010
University of California – Davis, Francis W. Noel Award
April 2010
Alpha Epsilon Delta, Moore Scholarship
November 1998
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research Training Program
June 1998
University of Southern California, Order of the Palm
April 1998
Engineering Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Leadership
April 1998
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research Training Program
June 1997
Phi Kappa Phi, Academic Honors Award
February 1996
University of Southern California, Golden State Scholarship
August 1994 – May 1998
W.V.T. Rusch Engineering Honor Society
August 1994 – May 1998
Pinewood High School, Valedictorian
May 1994
University of Southern California, Dean’s List
August 1994 – May 1998
Stanford University, BioDesign Faculty Fellowship
January 2017
Orthopedics, Blue Ribbon Award
December 2016
Western Orthopaedics Association, Young Investigator Award
September 2016
The Hip Society Rothman-Ranawat Traveling Fellowship
March 2016
AAOS Representative to the National Obesity Collaborative Summit
September 2015
Orthopaedic Research Society, New Investigator Workshop
May 2014
Current Concepts in Joint Replacement, Foundation Scholarship
December 2013
Western Orthopaedics Association, Sanford and Darlene Anzel Award
June 2012
California Orthopaedic Association, Lloyd W. Taylor Resident Award
April 2012
California Orthopaedic Association, J. Harold LaBriola Resident Award
May 2011
American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Residents and Fellows Traveling Scholarship
October 2010
Western Orthopaedics Association, Northern California Chapter, Resident Award
April 2010
Dr. Denny and Jeanene Dickenson Orthopaedic Research Fellowship
July 2009 – June 2010
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program
July 1998 – June 2007
University of Southern California, Order of the Laurel
April 1998
University of Southern California, Magna Cum Laude
April 1998
Fred S. Grodins Award for Academic Excellence in Biomedical Engineering
April 1998
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Research Training Program
June 1996
University of Southern California, Dean’s Scholarship
August 1994 – May 1998
University of Southern California Alumni Association, Trojan Alumni Scholarship
August 1994