Dean Scholarship Award (East Tennessee State University, 1996)
Men’s Volunteer of the Year (San Diego LGBT Center, 2001)
Transgender Community Award (San Diego LGBT Center, 2005)
40 under 40 (San Diego Metropolitan Magazine, 2008)
Dr. Truax Award for HIV Service (San Diego County, 2009)
Avant Garde Award for HIV (National Institute for Drug Abuse, 2012)
Health Sciences Faculty Excellence in Mentoring Award (2021)
Grand Prize – A Diary from the Frontline (2020 Web Series Festival)
Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Award from UCSD Chief Residents (2012, 2014)