(The framed picture shown on the upper left corner of the photograph is the original depiction of the pressure-volume diagrams of the lung, chest wall and respiratory system, constructed by Dr. Hermann Rahn at the University of Rochester in 1942.)

•  Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece, 2011 (Video)
   
•  Keynote speaker, International Scientific Conference on “New Frontiers in Biomedicine and Biotechnology,” Danube University and IMC University of Applied Sciences, Krems, Austria, 2005
   
•  Listed in Who's Who in American Thoracic Society (ATS) News
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•  Recipient of the 2002 ATS Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishment (Slideshow)
   
•  Keynote Speaker at the 24^th Annual Pan-Hellenic Medical Symposium in Athens, Greece, 1998
   
•  Recipient of a MERIT Research Award from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes (1997-2007)
   
•  Career Investigator of the American Lung Association (1987-1992)
   
•  Fulbright Undergraduate Scholar and Travel Awardee, Macalester College (1966-1970)
   

Teaching (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

•  Joint Health Sciences Presidential Teaching Award (Best Instructor), 1997
   

•  Argus Society Award for Instructional Excellence (Best Instructor, First Year Class, School of Medicine) 1997, 1998, 2001
   

•  Caduceus Award (Best Basic Science Professor School of Medicine Class), 2004