HONORS/AWARDS

1995   Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Resident Research Award (Principal Investigator)

1996     American Fracture Association, Resident Research Award, Philadelphia

1996     American Orthopaedic Association-Zimmer Resident Travel Award

1996     American Fracture Association, Resident Research Grant

1996     Young Investigator Award (Best Podium Presentation), 5th Biennial International Society for Fracture Repair, Ottawa, Canada, September 18-21

1997   National Orthopaedic Surgery Fellow Foundation, Research Grant Award (Principal Investigator)

1999   Start-up Research Grant Award, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (Principal Investigator)

2001     Best Specialty Society Paper at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

2002   American Cancer Society /Irving Cancer Center Pilot Research Award (Principal Investigator)

2004 - 2005   American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Clinician-Scientist Traveling Fellowship Award (University of Rochester, University of Miami, University of Indiana, Harvard Medical School, University of Minnesota, Rizzoli Institute)

2004 – 2006   Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Research Grant Award (Principal Investigator)

2004 – 2006   Aircast Foundation Research Grant Award (Principal Investigator)

2005     SNUMC Alumni Association HamChun Award

2005     Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Award (Principal Investigator)

2006 – 2009   Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Career Development Award (Principal Investigator)

2004-2007                

Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon, Basic Science Evaluation Subcommittee Basic Science Committee for In-training Examination

Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon, Evaluation Committee

Program Committee, International Symposium on Limb Salvage (ISOLS); American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Leadership Fellow (2007); American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) / NIH Osteolysis and Implant Wear Research Symposium Young Investigator Traveling Award, November 9-11, 2007.

2007 – 2010            

Grant Reviewer, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, Musculoskeletal

Transplantation Foundation, NIH Skeletal Biology and Skeletal Regeneration Study Section,

NIH Challenge Grant, NIH MTE Study Section ad hoc; American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Written Questions Field Test Task Force

2009-2011                      

Scientific Committee, International Symposium on Limb Salvage (ISOLS); Orthopaedic

Research Society Program Committee; AAOS Research Development Committee; AAOS/ORS/OREF 2010 Clinician-Scientist Development Program Chair; New York Orthopaedic Hospital Executive Committee; Committee on Promotion and Appointment; American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Written Question Writing Task Force; Orthopaedic Research Society Cancer Topic Chair; Orthopaedic Research Society Mentoring Committee; Columbia University Faculty Council; Columbia University Multidisciplinary Bone Symposium Program Chair, 2010 Cancer Research Benefit Concert Chair; OREF/ORS/AAOS Grant Writing Workshop Faculty; Columbia University Dental School Orthodontic Department Chair Search Committee