HONORS AND AWARDS:
| 1982 | Who’s Who Among Students in America Colleges & Universities |
| 1982 | President of the local chapter of Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honor Society), Polytechnic Institute of New York. |
| 1981-1983 | Summer Research Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory. |
| 1984-1985 | Student Summer Research Award, National Institute of Health. |
| 1991 | Department of Medicine’s Annual Research Day Award, Mount Sinai Hospital. |
| 1992 | Dr. Herman C.B. and Suzanna Denber Award for excellence in Cardiology Research, Mount Sinai Hospital. |
| 1993-1998 | Clinician-Scientist Award, American Heart Association. |
| 1995-1998 | Arthur Ross Scholarship in Cardiovascular Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital. |
| 1995 | Irvine H. Page Arteriosclerosis Research Award for Young Investigators (Finalist), American Heart Association. |
| 1996 | Young Investigator Award in the Category of Molecular & Cellular Cardiology (Finalist), American College of Cardiology. |
| 1998 | Young Investigator Award in Vascular Biology ‘98 (Winner), American Heart Association and North American Vascular Biology Organization. |
| 1999 | Excellence in teaching award, Emergency Department, Mount Sinai HospitalvAttending of the Year for Excellence in Teaching, Cabrini Medical Center |
| 2005 | Excellence in Utilization of Services for commitment and Successful Efforts in Decreasing Length of Stay, Cabrini Medical Center |
| 2013 | Health Care Heroes Award – Physician Hero - recognized by Long Island Business News |
| 2013 | Scientific Paper of the Year - Minnies, AuntMinnie.com's Annual Awards Competition |
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
| 2004 | Guide to New York Metro Area Top Doctors 2004 for Cardiovascular Disease, 8th Edition. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2005 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2005 for Cardiovascular CT & MR Imaging, 5th Edition. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2006 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2005 for Cardiovascular CT & MR Imaging, 5th Edition. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2007 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2011 for Cardiovascular Disease. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2008 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2008 for Cardiovascular Disease. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2010 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2010 for Cardiovascular Disease, 9th Edition. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2011 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2011 for Cardiovascular Disease, 10th Edition. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2012 | Guide to America’s Top Doctors 2012 for Cardiovascular Disease, 11th Edition. Selected by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd. |
| 2006 | Top 25 Innovators in Health Imaging and IT. Selected by Health Imaging News and Health Imaging & IT. |
| 2004 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2004 for Cardiovascular CT & MR Imaging. |
| 2005 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2005 for Cardiovascular CT & MR Imaging. |
| 2006 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2006 for Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac CT/MR Imaging |
| 2007 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2007 for Cardiovascular Disease; |
| 2008 | Cardiac CT Angiography and Cardiac Imaging. New York Magazine Best Doctors 2008 for Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac CT Angiography and Cardiac Imaging. |
| 2009 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2009 for Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac CT Angiography and Cardiac Imaging. |
| 2010 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2010 for Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac CT Angiography and Cardiac Imaging. |
| 2011 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2011 for Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac CT Angiography and Cardiac Imaging |
| 2012 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2012 for Cardiovascular Disease; Cardiac CT Angiography and Cardiac Imaging |
| 2013 | New York Magazine Best Doctors 2013 for Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Imaging |