Physician of Excellence, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, awarded by the Orange County Medical Association, 2020
Physician of Excellence, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Orange County Medical Association, 2019
Physician of Excellence, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Orange County Medical Association, 2018
Physician of Excellence, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Orange County Medical Association, 2017
Compassion Award, 2015, Forever Footprints Organization
(Award given for exemplary medical work supporting patients with a history of pregnancy loss)
Outstanding Faculty Teacher of the Year, 2011
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda, California
America’s Top Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 2009
Patient’s Choice Award 2009
Patient’s Choice Award 2008
National Award for Research Excellence, 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; San Diego, CA 2015 (Best Paper, prematurity session; “Quantitative fetal fibronectin predicts preterm birth in asymptomatic women at high risk”)
National Award for Research Excellence, 29th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; San Diego, CA 2009 (Best Paper, plenary session; “The impact of a rescue course of antenatal corticosteroids: A multicenter randomized controlled trial”)
National Award for Research Excellence, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; New Orleans, LA, 2002 (Best Paper, poster session; “Cervical dynamicism: comparison of real-time cervical shortening in patients with and without preterm uterine activity”)
National Award for Research Excellence, 19th Annual Meeting of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; San Francisco, California, 1999 (Best Paper, oral session; “Human Chorionic Gonadotropin exhibits potent tocolysis of induced preterm delivery in a small animal model”)
National Award for Research Excellence, 18th Annual Meeting of the Society of Perinatal obstetricians; Miami Beach, Florida, 1998 (Best Paper, oral plenary session; “Transvaginal versus transperineal ultrasound: A blinded comparison in the assessment of cervical length at midgestation”)
Association of Professors and Gynecology and Obstetrics Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998; University of Louisville School of Medicine
Recipient, Community Service Award, Monterey County, 1995 (For public education campaign regarding the effects of substance abuse in pregnancy)
Kaiser Teaching award nominee, U.C. San Francisco School of Medicine, 1994
ACOG Junior Fellow, 1990
Medical Student Teaching Award Recipient, 1989; UNC Chapel Hill, School of Medicine
Letter of Commendation; University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 1987
Rock Sleyster American Medical Association Scholarship nominee; University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 1987
Graduated with Distinction, Stanford University, 1984
Rhodes scholarship nominee, Stanford University, 1984
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Junior year, Stanford University, 1983