AWARDS AND HONORS

Little Baby Face Foundation (2017). Honored by the Little Baby Face Foundation for innovative work in aesthetic reconstruction of the breast and body.

Inspiration Award (2017). Awarded by Cook for Your Life, a non-profit committed to teaching healthy cooking for people touched by cancer, for pioneering the use of innovative, natural techniques for breast reconstruction surgery.

Chinese American Nursing Association (2017). Awarded by the Chinese American Nursing Association for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration.

Castle-Connolly America’s Top Doctors (2015). Named by Castle-Connolly as one of the top 1% of America’s doctors.

Best New Investigator Award (2012). Awarded by the National Lymphedema Network in recognition of outstanding lymphedema research.

Women Plastic Surgeons (WPS) Scholarship (2008). Awarded by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Women Plastic Surgeons Forum to support participation in the 2008 WPS Summer Workshop.

Dicran Goulian, MD Award (2008). Awarded by New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Division of Plastic Surgery, for academic excellence in plastic surgery.

Leonard R. Rubin - AAPS Best Paper Award (2007). Awarded by the American Association of Plastic Surgeons for the best paper at the 86 annual meeting. 

University of Washington, Division of Plastic Surgery—Certificate of Recognition (2005). Awarded by the University of Washington, Division of Plastic Surgery for outstanding performance on the 2005 plastic surgery inservice exam. 

Northwestern Society of Plastic Surgeons—Clinical Award (2003). Awarded by the Northwestern Society of Plastic Surgeons for "Interim  Follow-up  Results  of  the Simplified Vertical Reduction Mammaplasty."

Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons-Clinical Award (2002). Awarded by the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons for "New  Innovations  in  the  Vertical Reduction Mammoplasty."