Cum Laude Graduation. School of Medicine,
        Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, 1976.

Exceptional Performance Medal. Social Service Year,
Director of Rural Health Center, N.L., Mexico 1977.

Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award
Neurosurgery Service, University of Colorado, 1981.

Second Best Paper. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
Meeting ("Cytotoxic Properties of Aspergillus fumigatus
Beers in Tissue Cultures Derived form High Grade Gliomas").
Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1984.

Appointed Neurosurgeon for President Reagan's Committee.
Economic Summit Meeting, Agana, Guam, 1986.

Pacific Air Forces Medical Excellence Award.
Clark Regional Medical Center, Philippines, 1986.

Honorable Mention. University of the Air.
Ira C. Eaker Essay Competition, 1987.

USAF Commendation Medal.
Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas
1988

Second Best Paper. Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
Meeting ("Camptocormia in U.S. Personnel Assigned to the
Western Pacific."). Durango, Colorado. 1989.

Best Paper. Arizona Neurosurgical Society Resident Award
("Neurosurgical Implications of the POEMS Syndrome"),
Tucson, Arizona. 1989.

Selected by Editorial Board as Outstanding Physician
of Hispanic Background.
Quien es Quien en Medicina y Cirugia.
Quien es Quien Publishing Inc. New York, 1993

Medical Services Award. Pikes Peak Children's Advocates. 
Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1994.

Selected by Editorial Board
"Best Doctors in America", Colorado, 1996 - 1999.