Awards

For writing:

American College of Emergency Physicians’ Section of Medical Humanities Award for Best Publication, for “San Sebastian,” 2007.

National Headliner Awards, Second Place, Special Column on One Subject, 2006. Sponsored by the Press Club of Atlantic City.

National Headliner Awards, First Place, Special Column on One Subject, 2003.

Other awards:

Outstanding House Officer in Emergency Medicine, elected by Chicago Medical School students for teaching and recognition as a role model, 2007.

Humanism Award “for dignity and thoughtful kindness… in patient interactions,” University of Chicago Emergency Medicine residency graduation, 2007.

Alpha Omega Alpha, 2004.

Winner, Dermatology Observational Skills Contest, Dept. of Dermatology, Yale University School of Medicine, 2002.

Yale University, Geology and Geophysics, Distinction in Major, 1999.