Achievements:

Honolulu, Hawaii

Department of Anatomy, UH. Researcher 1999

Geist Foundation Research Grant $42, 500.00 1999

St. Francis Investigational Review Board: Member 1999-

Gamma Knife Center of the Pacific at St. Francis Medical Center

Review Board: Member 1998-

Kamehameha High School Student Summer Medical Program. 1998

Queens Neuroscience Institute Advisory Committee: Member. 1997-98

Center for the Study of Neurological Disease: Researcher. 1997-98

Geist Foundation Research Grant $ 34, 000.00 1998

John A. Burns School of Medicine: Admissions interviewer. 1997/98 & 98/99

Hawaii Dartmouth Alumni Association: Admissions interviewer. 1997/98 & 98/99

Nova Arts Foundation: Vice-president. 1997-

Restorative Neurosurgery Foundation: Founder. 1996-

Section of Restorative Neurology, Lund, Sweden:

Participated in all aspects the Lund Neural Transplantation Program. 1994-96

Medical Faculty of Lund Research Stipend. 1995-96

Omina-Freundeshilfe Foundation Research Grant. 1994-95

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada-

K.G. McKenzie Research Award. 1994

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University:

President, Fellows' Society. 1993-94

Established exchange with Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, Moscow, Russia. 1992-94

MNH Union Representative, Association of Residents of McGill (ARM). 1992-94

Killam Award: Best Research. Fellows Day (for research at the Salpetriere). 1992

Medical University of South Carolina:

Merck Award at graduation. Class rank: 4 /138. Honors in 5 senior rotations. 1988

MAP-Reader's Digest Fellowship: to Padhar Missionary Hospital in India. 1988

Partners of the Americas Grant: to Trauma/Burn Unit in Cali, Colombia. 1987

Science Foundation Grant: to Schmitt Neural Transplant Symposium, Roch.NY. 1987