Public Health Service Commendation Medal
College Medalist Award of the American College of Chest Physicians (1983)
Lifetime Achievement Award of The American College of Cardiology
American College of Cardiology Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
Gifted Teacher Award of the American College of Cardiology (1978)
Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Foundation Award (1984)
Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society of Cardiovascular Pathology (1994)
Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Far Eastern University (1995)
Emory Medical Alumni Association’s Distinguished Medical Achievement Award (1984)
Southern Methodist University Distinguished Alumni Award (1996)
Lifetime Achievement Award (2016)
Joseph Stokes III, MD Award (2023)