Honors and Awards:
January 1986
Crutchfield, Gage and Thompson Award
Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias
Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Intracerebral Hematoma
Hot Springs, Virginia
May 9, 1987
Resident’s Research Day, First Place
Fifth Annual West Virginia University
Unilateral Jumped Facet Dislocation
Changing Concepts in Management
Morgantown, West Virginia
August 10, 1987
Resident’s Research Award, First Place
Spine Trauma – Diagnosis and Treatment
West Virginia Neurosurgical Society
West Virginia State Medical Association
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
March 30, 1988
Resident’s Research Award, Second Place
Cervical Spine Dislocations
Southern Neurosurgical Society
Hot Springs, Virginia
May 7, 1988
Resident’s Research Award, First Place
Cervical Spine Injuries
American College of Surgeons
West Virginia Chapter
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
1994–2021
Best Doctor’s in America, Naifeh and Smith, eds.
Woodward/White, Aiken, South Carolina
1996–1997
Best Doctor’s in America, Southeast Region. Naifeh and Smith, eds. Woodward/White
Aiken, South Carolina
2001
National Registry of Who’s Who
2001–2002
National Registry of Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
2002–2003
Top Surgeons, Consumer’s Research of America
2004
The Richard C. Schneider Lecturer, American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Orlando, Florida, May 3, 2004
2004
The Charles Drake Lecturer, Spine Surgery Conference
John A. Jane Society Meeting, Charlottesville, VA,
September 23-26, 2004
2006
Hall of Fame Inductee, Christian Brothers High School
Memphis, Tennessee, January 29, 2006
2006
Canadian Neurosurgical Society (CNSS) Penfield Lecturer
Canadian Congress of Neurological Sciences
Montreal, Canada, June 15, 2006
2006
Global Directory of Who’s Who
2007–2021
Atlanta Magazine’s Top Doctor List
2007
SRF (Spinal Research Foundation) Regional Center of Excellence
2008–2021
Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors
2008–2009
Cambridge Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry
2010
AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
Meritorious Award Winner
2011
Outcomes Committee Award
Analysis of the Three United States
FDA-IDE Cervical Arthroplasty Trials
AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Annual Meeting
2021
Kitchin Lecturer, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, June 12,
2021
2021
Robert E. Harbaugh, MD Lecturer, PENN State University
Pennsylvania, June 18, 2021
2021
Sonntag Lecture
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting
August 23, 2021
