Clinical Practice
Best Presentation of Session, 1st Place, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 2001
Best Presentation of Session, 1st Place, Summer ISRS World Symposium, Miami, FL, 2000
Best Presentation of Session, 2nd Place, Summer ISRS World Symposium, Miami, FL, 2000
Fellowship
American Academy of Ophthalmology Written Board Examination: 99th Percentile
`HEED Ophthalmic Foundation Fellowship 1999-2000
Best Presentation of Session, 3rd Place, ISRS Pre-Academy Conference, Orlando, FL, 1999
Residency
OKAP (Ophthalmic Knowledge Assessment Program) Scores: 99th Percentile for 1997 and 1998, 98th Percentile for 1999
Best Presentation of Session, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 1997
Class Representative, Steering Committee, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1997
American Heart Association Fellowship Award, 1994-1996
Stetler Research Fund for Women Physicians (Declined in Favor of AHA Award)
Amos/Sangstat Young Investigator Award, South-Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation, 1997
First Place Abstract /Presentation, First Annual Residents and Fellows Forum, Chesapeake Transplant Society, 1996
Caves Award by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (Best Resident Presentation at the Society's Fifteenth Annual Meeting, April 1995)
Visiting Lecturer, Advisor on Residency Program, Taiwan Provincial Hsin-Chu General Hospital, June 1995
Medical Education
Class Rank: 1st in a Class of 120
Franklin Paine Mall Prize in Anatomy, 1988
Dean's Award, 1989
Lange Medical Student Award, 1990
Lange Medical Student Award, 1991
Hewlett-Packard Top Medical Graduate Award, 1992
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Award (American Medical Women's Association) for Graduating First in the Class, 1992
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 1992
Association for Academic Surgery-Sandoz Surgical Student Research Award, 1992
William Stewart Halsted Award in Surgery, 1992
Undergraduate Education
Summa Cum Laude in Mathematics with Distinction in All Subjects
Grade Point Average 4.0 / 4.0
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Mortar Board Honor Society, Secretary
Presidential Scholar for Students Graduating in Top 5% of Class
Cornell University Research Apprenticeship Scholarship
Ford Foundation Research Fellowship |