Training Award of Excellence from the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (1998)
ASAIO/Lippincott-Raven Book Award (1996)
Yoshioka & Akutsu Prize (1996)
Citizenship Award (for extraordinary contributions to the Department of Biomedical Engineering), Tulane University, 1979-1980
ASAIO/Lippincott-Raven Book Award for abstract entitled, “Success Rates of Long Term Circulatory Assist Devices Currently Used for Bridge to Heart Transplantation,” 1996
Yoshioka & Akutsu Prize for abstract entitled, “Patient Selection for Successful Outcome with the CardioWest Total Artificial Heart as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation,” 1996
Best Doctors in America, 1/2005 – 1/2006
Regional Top Doctor, 2014