AWARDS

First Place Poster Award of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society 26th Annual Summer Meeting, National Harbor, Maryland, July 7-10, 2010.
Dr. Patwardhan - Henry Farfan Award. Outstanding contributions in spine related basic science research, North American Spine Society, 2009.
Best Scientific Paper Award, “Kinematics of Facet Arthroplasty: A Comparison of L5-S1 and L3-L4 Levels”. SAS8 Global Symposium, Miami Beach, Florida, May 6-9, 2008.
Basic Science Best Poster Award of the CSRS 35th Annual Meeting, November – December 2007.
Second place award of the CSRS 34th Annual Meeting, November – December 2006.
Winner of the 2005 Outstanding Paper Award, presented by the North American Spine Society, September 2005.
Finalist, 2005 Thranhardt Lecture Series, American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, Annual Meeting, March 16-19, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
Synthes Spine Award for 2003, awarded by the American Spinal Injury Association for the best paper presented at the annual meeting, Miami, Florida, April 2003.
Howard Schneider Resident Research Award, awarded by the Illinois Orthopaedic Association/OREF, May 2002.
First Place Poster Award, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, February 1999.
Poster Award, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, February, 1998.
First-place winner of the OREF Illinois Orthopaedic Resident Research Symposium Paper Award, April 17, 1998.
First-place winner of the Danek Poster Award, International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, 24th Annual Meeting, June 2-6, 1997, Singapore.
Second-place winner of the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics's Article of the Year competition- 1996.
First Place Journal Award for excellence in medical writing, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Presented at the 1995 Annual Scientific Seminar.
First-place winner of the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics' Article of the Year competition-1993.
Second place award, Residency Trauma Paper Competition of the Chicago Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons, December 1992.
First Place Award, Resident Research Paper Competition, awarded by the American Society for the Surgery of the Hand, November 1992.
Award of Excellence, Presented by the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in recognition of the commitment to the standards of academic excellence that foster student achievement and success, June 1989.
1982 Volvo Award on Low Back Pain Research - Biomechanics category, Awarded by the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine for a submitted scientific paper.