1972-1973     National Cancer Institute Summer Student Award

                                    Department of Surgery,

                                    University of Louisville School of Medicine

                                    Louisville, Kentucky              

              1987              American Academy of Pediatrics, Urology Section

                                    Research Award, San Antonio, Texas,

                                    Co-winner with Dr. David Quinlan

              1987              Outstanding Alumnus, Morehead State University,

                                    Morehead, Kentucky

             1989               American Urological Association, Pediatric Poster Section, Dallas, Texas

                                    Co-Winner with Dr. Alan Partin

  1989              Kimbrough Urologic Seminar, Pediatric Poster  Section,

                                    Dallas, Texas   Co-Winner with Dr. Douglas Canning

              1990              Pediatric Urology Board Review Course,

                                    British Association of Urological Surgeons,

                                    Selwyn College, Cambridge University,

                                    Cambridge, England

             1990              Pediatric Urology Review Course Faculty,

                                    American Urological Association,

                                    San Diego, California

            1991-1996       Associate Director, Pediatric Urology Fellowship Match Program

            1991                Pediatric Urology Board Review Course

                                    British Association of Urological Surgeons

                                    Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

1992                Invited Guest Lecturer, European Society of Pediatric        

Urology, Cambridge, England

1992                Invited Guest Lecturer, Society of Pediatric

                                    Urology, Washington, D.C.

            1993                European Society of Pediatric Urology,

                                    Pediatric Urology Review Course, Churchill College,

                                    Cambridge University, Cambridge, England

1994                Pediatric Poster Session Winner, American Urological

                                    Association, San Francisco, California

                                    Co-Winner with Dr. Benjamin Lee

1995                Anglo-American Visiting Professor Teaching Scholarship and Medal, Royal  Society of Medicine, London, England

            1996                Invited Guest Lecturer, Society of Fetal Urology,

                                    Orlando, Florida

            1997                Invited Guest Lecturer, Society of Pediatric Urology,

                                    New Orleans, Louisiana

1999                Pediatric Urology Review Course

                                    Faculty, British Association of Urological Surgeons

                                    New College, Cambridge University

                                    Cambridge, England, Sept 19, 1999

2000                Invited Guest Lecturer, American College of Surgeons,

                                    October 23, 2000, Chicago Illinois    

2001                Invited Guest Lecturer, American Urological Association, June 3, 2001. Anaheim, California           

2002                National Health Service, London England

                                    Special Consultant on Pediatric Surgery/Urology     

2003                Lavengood Memorial Lectureship, Cornell University School of Medicine

2003                Mater’s Lecture in Pediatric Urology, AAP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.  November 2, 2003

2004                Invited Guest Lecturer, European Society of Pediatric Urology, Regensburg, Germany, April 21, 2004.

2004                Pediatric Urology Review Course, British Association of Urological Surgeons, New College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, Sept 15-16, 2004

2004                First J. Herbert Johnston Memorial Lecture, British Association of Pediatric Surgeons, University of Liverpool, England, Sept 30, 2004.

2005                Asian Society of Pediatric Urology, Kyoto, Japan, Sept 29-30.

2005                Gordon Stenning Award, Australian Society of Pediatric Urology, November 22-24.

2006                Invited guest lecturer – European Society of Pediatric Urology. Athen, Greece. April 26-28.           

2007                1^st  Charles J. Devine Memorial Lecture at American Urological Association, Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons meeting, San Francisco, CA May 21, 2007

2007                Invited guest lecturer – World Congress of Pediatric Surgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept 11, 2007.        

2008                Awarded Fellowship ad hominem of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.