ACCM Fellow
Reviewer Award 2012, 2013
Overseas Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2013
Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2012
Most Compassionate Doctor Award 2011, 2012
Texas Favorite Physicians 2012, 2012
Patients’ Choice Award 2010, 2011
Outstanding Achievement Award for Extraordinary Service and Dedication to the Medical Profession, 2011
Most Compassionate Doctor Award 2010, 2011
America’s Top Physicians 2010, 2010
America’s Top Physicians 2009, 2009
Outstanding Achievement Award to the Medical Profession, 2008
Key of the City of Cove, Texas, 2006
Elected Fellow of The American College of Geriatrics Specialists (F.A.C.G.S.), 2005
2003 Physician of the Year Award, 2004
Award for teaching performance, 2003
“Dr. Atenógenes Saldivar Award” for outstanding service in education and research, 2002
Humberto Filizola Award, 2002
Dr. Joseph Varon Award for Clinical Research, 2001
Selected by the American College of Chest Physicians as representative to attend the 8th Annual Capitol Hill Caucus, 2001
National Leadership Award. Awarded, 2001
Jay Block Award for excellence in reviewing manuscripts, 2000
Jay Block Award for excellence in reviewing manuscripts, 2001
Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (F.C.C.M.), 1999
Elected Fellow of the American College of Physicians (F.A.C.P.), 1996
Franklin E. Ebaugh Jr. Award for excellence in research conducted as a house officer, 1990
Franklin E. Ebaugh Jr. Award for excellence in research conducted as a house officer, 1991
Honors mention awarded by the Mexican Anatomy Society for haven given the Master Conference : “Anatomy, an historic flash turned into surgery”, 1986
Honors for having obtained the highest grades in all subjects and excellent performance in the pre-graduate internship, 1986
Honors for medical performance at the “X”, 1985
Diligence diploma for having obtained the top grade in all subjects during 1982, 1984
Diploma for distinguished results among the first three positions for Physician Surgeon, 1983
Honors for having obtained the first place in the contest for medical posters against tobacco, 1983
Diligence and distinction diploma among the first three top positions in the medical school during 1983, 1983
Letter of recognition for the effort performed in the regular course of medical histology, 1981
Letter of recognition for the performance in the course of human anatomy, 1981