Honors
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor 2016
 - Vitals Patient’s Choice Award 2014
 - Patient’s Choice Top Doctor 2013
 - S. News and World Report Top Doctor 2012
 - Patients’ Choice Compassionate Doctor Award 2011
 - Charles S. Neer Award, Ultrasound Evaluation of Arthroscopic Full Thickness Supraspinatus Rotator Cuff Repair: Single-Row vs Double-Row Suture Bridge (Transosseous equivalent) Fixation. Results of a Randomized Prospective Study. Awarded at the 26thAnnual Open Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, New Orleans, March 13, 2010.
 - Best Doctors in America Houston Metro Area 2009-2010, Orthopedic Sports Medicine, November 6, 2009.
 - Charles S. Neer Clinical Award, Radiographic Comparison of Pegged and Keeled Glenoid Components Using Modern Cementing Techniques: A Prospective Randomized Study. Awarded at the 25thAnnual Open Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Las Vegas, February 2009.
 - Health and Fitness Sports Magazine Doctor’s Choice Top Orthopedic Surgeons 2008
 - Rehabilitation Recognition Award Texas Orthopedic Hospital, 3rdquarter 2008
 - Duke Orthopaedic Surgery Annual Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Research
 - Presentation – Co-winner 2001
 - Ideal Physician Award, Duke Medical School Class of 1995
 - Alpha Omega Alpha, Duke University School of Medicine, 1994
 - Graduation with Distinction, Duke University, 1991
 - Summa Cum Laude, Duke University, 1991
 - Edward C. Horn Memorial Award for Excellence in Zoology, Duke University, 1991
 - Student Marshall, Duke University, 1990
 - Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University, 1990
 - Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society, Duke University, 1988
 - Class rank #1, Chillicothe High School, 1987
 
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