Awards & Honors
Amarendra Sengupta Memorial Award, “Best Student in Surgery” - For Excellence and Future Promise in Surgery, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York, May 2002
American College of Surgeons, “Best and Brightest: Current Research in Surgery. Award-Winning Studies by California Surgeons and Residents”- First Prize-Best Over-all manuscript, co-author, “Bone Production by Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells versus Bone Marrow Stem Cells Using Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Gene Therapy”, 2001 Spring Scientific Meeting, San Diego Chapter
American Orthopaedic Association - Zimmer Resident Research Award, co-author, “In-Vitro Osteogenesis of BMP-2 Transfected Human Stem Cells”, 2001 Annual AOA Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery - Joel Noe Award, “Thermal, Mechanical, Optical and Morphological Changes in Bovine Nucleus Pulposus Induced by Nd:YAG Laser Irradiation”, 1999 Annual Conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Orlando, Florida
Honor Student Society - University of California, Berkeley
Kimbo Scholarship - for outstanding scholastic achievement and community involvement, SF Korea Central Daily, California, 1995
Volunteer of the Year Award - for exceptional community service, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, California, 1995
American College of Surgeons, “Best and Brightest: Current Research in Surgery. Award-Winning Studies by California Surgeons and Residents”- First Prize-Best Over-all manuscript, co-author, “Bone Production by Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells versus Bone Marrow Stem Cells Using Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Gene Therapy”, 2001 Spring Scientific Meeting, San Diego Chapter
American Orthopaedic Association - Zimmer Resident Research Award, co-author, “In-Vitro Osteogenesis of BMP-2 Transfected Human Stem Cells”, 2001 Annual AOA Meeting, Palm Beach, Florida
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery - Joel Noe Award, “Thermal, Mechanical, Optical and Morphological Changes in Bovine Nucleus Pulposus Induced by Nd:YAG Laser Irradiation”, 1999 Annual Conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Orlando, Florida
Honor Student Society - University of California, Berkeley
Kimbo Scholarship - for outstanding scholastic achievement and community involvement, SF Korea Central Daily, California, 1995
Volunteer of the Year Award - for exceptional community service, Korean Community Center of the East Bay, California, 1995
