| 1973 |
Phi Beta Kappa, Bucknell University |
| 1974 |
Magna Cum Laude, Bucknell University |
| 1974 |
Bucknell University |
| 1986 |
Faculty Honor Roll for Excellence in Teaching, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 1986-87 |
Louis R. Dinon Award for Excellence in Teaching,University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 1987-88 |
Sheryl N. Hirsch Award of the Lupus Foundation of Philadelphia
(included $10,000 for research support) |
| 1987-88 |
Medical Student Government Basic Science Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (vote of graduating senior class selecting one basic science instructor) |
| 1988-89 |
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (two medical school faculty selected annually) |
| 1989 |
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Commencement Speaker (One faculty member selected by vote of graduating class of 1989) |
| 1992 |
Distinguished Service Award in Clinical Pathology bestowed by the Hungarian Society of Clinical Pathology |
| 1996 |
Harvard Medical School Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching to First Year Medical Students (typically one awardee for each of the four years of medical school) |
| 1996 |
Award for Distinguished Teaching to Pathology Residents, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 1997 |
The Stanley Wyman Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 1998 |
Award for Distinguished Teaching to Pathology Residents, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 1998 |
A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award, Harvard Medical School (Four awardees selected among hundreds of nominated faculty members) |
| 1999 |
Award for Most Distinguished Teacher in the Preclinical Years, Harvard Medical School (One awardee by the vote of the graduating class) |
| 1999 |
Award for Distinguished Teaching to Second Year Medical Students, Harvard Medical School |
| 2000 |
“Mover and Shaker” Award (Five to seven leaders in the Laboratory Industry selected annual by a leading publication in the field) |
| 2000 |
Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Preclinical Years, Harvard Medical School (Four awardees by vote of the graduate class) |
| 2000 |
Advocacy Award from the College of American Pathologists for Advocating Issues Beneficial to Patients, Clinicians and Pathologists |
| 2001 |
Quest Distinguished Visiting Professorship of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
| 2002 |
Emma Sadler Moss Lectureship, Louisiana State Medical Center |
| 2002 |
The John Figgs Jewett, MD, Memorial Lectureship, Massachusetts Medical Society for Maternal & Perinatal Welfare |
| 2002 |
The Fourth Annual Frank M. Townsend MD Lecture, University of Texas, San Antonio |
| 2002 - 2004 |
Invited by the Nobel Committee of the Karolinska Institute to nominate 2003, and candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 2003 |
Award for Teaching in Pathology to Second Year Medical Students, Harvard Medical School |
| 2004 |
Harry J. Sacks, MD Lectureship, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2004 |
Abraham J. Gitlitz Memorial Lecture at 124th Annual Meeting of Association of Clinical Scientists, Houston, TX. |
| 2004 |
Gerald T. Evans Award from the Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physical & Scientists (ACLPS) for distinguished service in the field of Laboratory Medicine, Presented at the 39th meeting of the society in Denver, CO. |
| 2004 |
The Dr. R.E. Bell Memorial Lectureship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
| 2004 |
Recognition by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Founding Partner for Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine |
| 2004 |
Nominee, Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Years 1 & 2), Harvard Medical School |
| 2004 |
Award for Excellence in Teaching to Second Year Medical and Dental Students, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine |
| 2005 |
Award from the Institute for Quality in Laboratory Medicine (IQLM) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for “Improved Clinical Integration” of Laboratory Medicine Services. One of 10 major awards in 2005 by the IQLM. |
| 2005 |
Semi-finalist award for Massachusetts Institute of Technology 50K Entrepreneurship Competition (innovation team name is Med Packs). |
| 2005 |
The Ward Burdick Award from the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) for Distinguished Service to Clinical Pathology. |
| 2005 |
Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Preclinical Years (1 of 2 awardees selected by the graduating class), Harvard Medical School. |
| 2005 |
J. Heinrich Joist First Memorial Lecture, St. Louis University Coagulation Consultants Symposium.2005 - 2006 |
| 2006 |
Elected to Best Doctors for expertise in coagulation disorders (Physicians identify fellow physician experts for Best Doctors, Inc.) |
| 2006 - 2007 |
Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston Doctors (Top 100-200 local physicians among 5000 licensed doctors) |
| 2006 |
Laboratory Public Service National Leadership Award from the Lab Institute at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Washington G2 Reports |
| 2007 |
The Israel Michaelson Distinguished Lectureship, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN |
| 2009 |
American Association of Clinical Chemistry, National Award for Outstanding Contributions in Education |
| 2009 |
The Norman P. Kubasik Lectureship Award, American Association of Clinical Chemistry Upstate New York section. |
| 2012 |
National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Management Sciences and Patient Safety, American Association for Clinical Chemistry |
| 2012 |
College of American Pathologists National Award for Teaching |
| 2012 |
American Society for Clinical Pathology National Teaching Award |
| 2014 |
Best Doctor in America (recognized in the Nashville Business Journal |
| 2014 |
American Association of Clinical Chemistry’s Outstanding Speaker Award |
| 2014-2015 |
Best Clinical Pathology Faculty, University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pathology |
| 2015 |
Senior Fellow of the Sealy Center on Aging |
| 2015 |
The Pathologist’s 2015 Pathologist Power List (The Pathologists Issue 13, 2015) (Voted by peers as #1 Most Influential Pathology in the US; #3 in the world) |
| 2015-2016 |
American Association for Clinical Chemistry Outstanding Speaker Award |
| 2016 |
Canadian Royal College McLaughlin Gallie Visiting Professorship |
| 2016 |
Terplan Lecturer, University of Buffalo |
| 2017 |
Benjamin Highman Lecturer, University of California, Davis |
| 2017 |
Milka M. Montiel Lecturer, University of Texas-San Antonio |
| 2018 |
The Pathologist’s 2018 Power List (recognized as one of the most 100 influential pathologist among > 40k international pathologists) |
| 2018-2019 |
Best Clinical Pathology Faculty, University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Pathology |
| 2019 |
Raul A. Marcial Rojas Memorial Lecturer, Academy of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of Puerto Rico |
| 2020 |
Wallace H. Coulter Lectureship Award, American Association for Clinical Chemistry |