Univeristy of Dallas
     Phi Beta Kappa, Spring 1989
     Texas Scholar Scholarship, Fall 1985-Spring 1989
     Dean's List, Fall 1985-Spring 1989
     Undergraduate Summer Research Program, Marine  
        Biomedical Institute, UTMB Summer 1988

Baylor College of Medicine
     1993 Participant in SMART program
     1990-1996 Recipient National Research Service Award through National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
     1991-1998 Member MSTP Publicity and Recruiting subcommittee
                      Member MSTP Visiting Lectureship/Clinical Rounds subcommittee
     1993-1994 Graduate Student council Representative for the Department of Human Genetics
     1994 Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
     1995 Platform presentation MD/PhD retreat
     1996 William P. Farrish scholarship (MSTP funding)
     2001 Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award
     2001 Elected Neurology Co-chief resident
     2002 American Academy of Neurology Scholarship for attendance at the annual meeting
     2002 Outstanding Medical Student Teaching Award
     2002 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp
     2003 Appointed co-director of Neurology Medical Student Program
     2003 Certified Diplomate in the Specialty of Neurology
     2003 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp
     2004 Appointed Director of Neurology Medical Student Program
     2004 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp

The Neurology Center
     2005 American Psychiatric Academy Annual Meeting. Panelist in forum discussing unusual presentations of temporal lobe  
             epilepsy and neurosyphilis
     2005 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp in Burton, TX
     2006 Poster presentation at 17th annual American Neuropsychiatric Association Meeting, San Diego, CA
     2006 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp in Burton, TX
     2007 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp in Burton, TX
     2008 Voted one of Washington areas Top Doctors by Washingtonian Magazine
     2008 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp in Burton, TX
     2009 Volunteer physician at Muscular Dystrophy Association Summer Camp in Burton, TX

1991 Second Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1992 Third Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1993 Fourth Annual Baylor Laboratory Training Workshop: Molecular Genetic Diagnosis of Human Disease, Houston, Texas
        Fourth Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1994 46th Annual Symposium on Fundamental Cancer Research, Houston, Texas
        Fifth Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1995 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
        Sixth Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1996 Seventh Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1997 Eighth Annual National Eye Institute Training Program Meeting, Bethesda, Maryland
1998 Annual Meeting Texas Medical Association, Houston Texas
1999 Current Neurology 1999, Houston Texas
2000 Current Neurology 2000, Houston Texas
2001 Fifty fourth Annual American Academy of Neurology Meeting, Denver, Colorado
2002 First Annual Dementia Congress, Chicago, Illinois
2002 Current Neurology 2002, Houston, Texas
2003 Second Annual Dementia Congress, Washington, DC
2003 Current Neurology 2003, Houston, Texas
2004 Frontotemporal Dementia Satellite Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Current Neurology 2004, Houston, Texas
2005 Third Annual PADRECC/MIRECC Symposium on Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Interface of Psychiatry and Neurology, Philadelphia, PA
2005 AAN Fall Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2006 17th Annual American Psychiatric Association Conference, San Diego, CA
2007 13th Annual Update on the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders, Baltimore, MD
2007 Fourth Annual PADRECC/MIRECC Symposium on Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Interface of Psychiatry and Neurology, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Sixth Annual Dementia Congress, Chicago, Illinois
2007 Current Neurology 2007, Houston, Texas
2008 14th Annual Update on the Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders, Baltimore, MD
2008 Fall AAN Conference, New Orleans, LA
2009 15th Annual Update on the Treatment of Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders, Baltimore, MD
2009 Advanced Imaging Techniques in Multiple Sclerosis: A Gaze into the Future, Chicago, IL
2009 Reversing the Tide: Early Treatment Strategies for PD and MS, Washington DC
2010 21st Annual Meeting of the American Neuropsychiatric Association, Tampa, FL

Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
Providence Hospital, Washington, DC
National Rehabilitation Hosptial, Washington, DC
Washington Hosptial Center, Washington, DC