| 2007-08, 2009-10, 2012-13 | Best Doctors in America |
| 2009, 2010 | Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston |
| 2011 | Named one of “10 Spine Surgeon Leaders of Academic Medical Centers to Know” by Becker’s Review |
| 2013 | GME Faculty Teaching Award, The Methodist Hospital |
| 2013 | Amschwand Sarcoma Cancer Foundation Commitment to Care Award |