- 2021
Stanford University Names World's Top 2% Scientists, 2021Stanford University
- 2017
Chest 2017 Distinguished Scientist in Cardiopulmonary PhysiologyAmerican College of Chest Physicians
- 2016
Alice Sheets Marriott ProfessorMayo Clinic Rochester
- 2015
Mentor to Anna Svatikova, MD, PhD, American Heart Association Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolc Health, 2015 Lifestyle Young Investigator Award FinalistAmerican Heart Association
- 2015
Mentor to Anna Svatikova, MD, PhD, recipient of American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD), Women in Cardiology Trainee Award for ExcellenceAmerican Heart Association
- 2015
Sleep Disorders Research Advisory BoardNational Institutes of Health
- 2014
Mentor to Naima Covassin PhD, Finalist in the Weinmann Young Investigator Mobility Award Competition - European Sleep Research Society MeetingEuropean Sleep Research Society
- 2014
Mentor to Naima Covassin, PhD, American Heart Association - High Blood Pressure, Winner of Harry Goldblatt New Investigator Award American Heart Association
- 2013
Mentor to Ivan Cundrle MD, Second Place, American College of Cardiology Young Investigator AwardAmerican College of Cardiology
- 2013
Mentor to Karine Sahakyan MD, PhD - American College of Cardiology 2013 Scientific Sessions Best Poster Award for scoring in top 3% of poster acceptancesAmerican College of Cardiology
- 2013
Robert M. Berne Distinguished Lectureship Award American Physiologic Society
- 2013
Keynote Address: World Association of Sleep Medicine, Valencia SpainWorld Association of Sleep Medicine
- 2012
Mentor to Andrew Calvin MD, Awarded the Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism ResearchAmerican Heart Association
- 2012
Mentor to Andrew Calvin MD, Paper on sleep deprivation and caloric intake, selected as Best of the American Heart Association.American Heart Association
- 2012
Mentor to Jan Bukartyk Awarded the Mayo Individual Award for Service ExcellenceMayo Individual Award for Excellence
- 2012
Mentor to Tomas Konecny MD, Second Place, National Young Investigator Award, American College of CardiologyAmerican College of Cardiology
- 2012
Mentor to Ivan Cundrle MD, Finalist in the American College of Cardiology Young Investigator AwardAmerican College of Cardiology
- 2012
Mentor to Tomas Konecny MD, Finalist in the AHA Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator CompetitionAmerican Heart Association
- 2012
Mentor to Anna Svatikova MD PhD, Second Place, Clinical Medicine Podium Competition Award, American Medical AssociationAmerican Medical Association
- 2012
Lifetime Achievement Award South African Society of Sleep Medicine
- 2012
CTSA Mentor of the Year Mayo Clinic
- 2011
Mentor to Andrew Calvin MD, Hartz Foundation Young Investigator Awardee for 2011Hartz Foundation
- 2011
Mentor to Tahis Coutinho MD, First Prize, AHA NPAM (Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism) Young Investigator AwardAmerican Heart Association
- 2011
Distinguished Cardiovascular Scientist Award University of Iowa
- 2011
Bernard Pimstone Lecturer for 2011, University of Cape Town, South AfricaBernard Pimstone Lecture
- 2011
NHLBI Biomedicine Series LecturerNational Institutes of Health
- 2010
Mentor to Christelle van der Walt RPSGT,BTech END, Mayo Individual Award for Excellence, 2010Mayo Individual Award for Excellence
- 2010
Landmark Publication Award Mayo Foundation, Department of Medicine
- 2009
Outstanding Investigator Award Mayo Foundation, Department of Medicine
- 2009
ASH Specialist Charter Member American Society of Hypertension
- 2009
Elected to National Steering Committee of Clinical and Translational Science Award Sleep Research Network (one of six representatives elected from 38 CTSA institutions across the U.S.)National Steering Committee CTSA
- 2009
Michal Aldrich Commemorative Lecturer in Sleep Medicine, University of MichiganSleep Medicine, University of Michigan
- 2008
Mentor to Abel Romero-Corral MD, American Heart Association New Investigator Award Finalist (Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators in Epidemiology and Prevention)American Heart Association
- 2008
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, Recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Cardiovascular Disease Award Mayo Foundation
- 2008
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, Finalist in the AHA Cournand Comroe Young Investigator CompetitionAmerican Heart Association
- 2008
Keynote Speaker: 19th Biennial Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, September 2008European Sleep Research Society
- 2008
Elected to Fellowship American College of Chest PhysiciansAmerican College of Chest Physicians
- 2008
Listed in "Guide to America's Top Cardiologists"Guide to America's Top Cardiologists
- 2007
Mentor to Tomas Kara MD PhD, recipient of Mayo Department of Medicine Outstanding Research Associate Award Mayo Foundation
- 2007
Mentor to Fatima Kuniyoshi, American Heart Association Early Career Investigator Award Finalist (Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention)American Heart Association
- 2007
Doctor Honoris CausaMasaryk University
- 2007
Keynote Lecture: Canadian Sleep Society Conference, April 2007Canadian Sleep Society
- 2007
Named as the Royal Perth Hospital 2007 Visiting Professor, Australia, July 2007Visiting Professor
- 2007
American College of Cardiology Foundation - Pfizer Visiting Professorship, University of Cincinnati Pfizer Visiting Professor
- 2007
Appointed Associate Editor, SleepSleep
- 2006
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, Young Investigator Award Finalist, Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions, Boston, May 2006Heart Rhythm Society
- 2006
Mentor to Dan Sorajja MD, American Heart Association 2006 Poster Competition Award Population Science CategoryAmerican Heart Association
- 2006
Distinguished Alumnus Early Achievement Award Universit of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- 2006
International Director and Advisory Board Chair, International Clinical Research Center, Czech RepublicInternational Clinical Research Center
- 2006
Director, Mayo Foundation GCRC Cardiovascular Core LaboratoryMayo Foundation
- 2006
American College of Cardiology Foundation - Pfizer Visiting Professorship, University of Alabama Pfizer Visiting Professorship
- 2005
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, awarded National Sleep Research Society, Young Investigator Award, APSS Meeting, June 2005National Sleep Research Society
- 2005
Mentor to Anna Svatikova PhD, American Heart Association Early Career Investigator Award Finalist (Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention)American Heart Association
- 2005
American Academy of Sleep Medicine - Pfizer Visiting Professorship, University of ChicagoPfizer Visiting Professorship
- 2005
Honorary Membership to Czech Society of Cardiology - Brno, Czech Republic, May 2005Czech Society of Cardiology
- 2005
Invited Faculty: NHLBI Directors Thought Leaders Meeting in Cardiovascular Disease, June 2005, NIH CampusNational Institutes Health
- 2005
Keynote Lecture: Inaugural Meeting of the World Association of Sleep Medicine, October 2005Wolrd Association of Sleep Medicine
- 2005
Associate Editor, ChestChest
- 2004
Mentor to Robert Wolk MD PhD, Second Prize Winner, American College of Cardiology National Young Investigators Research Competition, March 2004American College of Cardiology
- 2004
Mentor to Robert Wolk MD PhD, awarded the 2004 Mayo Foundation Research Recognition Award Mayo Foundation
- 2004
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, American Heart Association Early Career Investigator Award Finalist (Elizabeth Barrett-Conner Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention)American Heart Association
- 2004
Distinguished LecturerMayo Foundation
- 2004
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Cardiovascular DivisionUniversity of Iowa College of Medicine
- 2003
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, selected to Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Clinical Investigator Training Program (2003-2005).Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
- 2003
Mentor to Apoor Gami MD, Recipient of Falk Clinical Research FellowshipFalk Clinical Research Fellowship
- 2003
Mentor to Tomas Kara MD PhD, Recipient of the Research Award of the Czech Society of HypertensionCzech Society of Hypertension
- 2003
Elected to Association of University CardiologistsAssociation University Cardiologists
- 2002
Mentor to Ravi Kanagala MD, First Prize Winner, Astra Zeneca National Young Investigators Clinical Research Forum, October 2002Astra Zeneca
- 2002
Consulting Medical Editor, American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology)American Journal of Physiology
- 2002
Gaston Bauer Lecture, World Congress of Cardiology MeetingWorld Congress of Cardiology
- 2002
Keynote Address: Annual Meeting of the Japanese Microneurography Society, Tokyo Japan, June 2002Japanese Microneurography Society
- 2002
Keynote Lecture: Astra Zeneca Foundation, Belgium Faculties of Medicine, "Lectures in Medicine" October 2002Astra Zeneca Foundation
- 2002
Appointed as Mayo Foundation Clinical Investigator, October 2002Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation
- 2002
Erasme Foundation Lecture, University of Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, December 2002Erasme Foundation
- 2002
Director, Mayo Foundation GCRC Sleep Core LaboratoryMayo Foundation
- 2001
Appointed to Fellowship, Society of Geriatric CardiologySociety of Geriatric Cardiology
- 2001
Fellow of the American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
- 2000
State-of-the-Art Lecture, Mechanisms of Hypertension in Obstructive Sleep ApneaInternational Society of Hypertension
- 2000
Mentor ASM Shamsuzzaman MD PhD, Recipient of Perkins Memorial Award (American Physiological Society)American Physiologic Society
- 2000
Mentor to Gardar Sigurdson MD, Winner of the ACP Associates Research Poster Competition, American College of Physicians Annual National MeetingAmerican College of Physicians
- 2000
Mentor to Ian Choe, Winner of Medical Student Research Prize, American College of Physicians, Annual Meeting American College of Physicians
- 2000
Mentor to Krzystof Narkiewicz MD PhD, Winner of the Biennial Austin Doyle Award of the International Society of HypertensionInternational Society of Hypertension
- 2000
Mentor to Bradley Phillips, Winner of the Young Investigator of the Year Award of the American College of Clinical PharmacyAmerican College of Clinical Pharmacology
- 2000
Young Scholar Award American Heart Association
- 2000
Appointed as American Society of Hypertension Consultant in Hypertension American Society of Hypertension
- 1999
Mentor to Ryan Cooley, MD, First Runner-up in Annual Young Investigator Competition, North American Society of Pacing and ElecrophysiologyNorth American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology
- 1999
Mentor to Ian Choe, Winner of the Melvin Marcus Clinical Research Award at the University of Iowa College of Medicine 30th Annual Medical Student Research DayUniversity of Iowa College of Medicine
- 1999
Elected to Membership of American Society of Clinical InvestigationAmerican Society of Clinical Investigation
- 1999
Keynote Address: Autonomic Rhythms in Cardiology Symposium, 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Clinical InvestigationEuropean Society of Clinical Investigation
- 1998
Mentor to Bradley Phillips, Recipient of American College of Clinical Pharmacy Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Cardiovascular Research AwardAmerican College of Clinical Pharmacy
- 1998
Established Investigator, American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
- 1997
Dr. E. H. Malherbe Distinguished Achievement Award for Science, Industry and EducationUniversity of Natal
- 1997
Mentor to Kathy Pesek, Winner in American College of Physicians National Clinical Vignette CompetitionAmerican College of Physicians
- 1997
Mentor to Krzysztof Narkiewicz MD, Awarded Perkins Memorial Award (American Physiological Society) and the ASH/Bristol-Myers Squibb Recognition Award (American Society of Hypertension)American Society of Hypertension
- 1997
Mentor to Bradley Phillips, Finalist, American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award, 1998 Annual MeetingAmerican College of Cardiology
- 1997
Mentor to Masahiko Kato, Recipient of Perkins Memorial AwardPerkins Memorial Award
- 1997
Appointed to Fellowship of Council for Circulation, American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
- 1997
Appointed to Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of IowaUniversity of Iowa, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology
- 1996
Sleep Academic AwardeeNational Institutes of Health
- 1996
Elected to Board of Directors, American Heart Association, Iowa Affiliate American Heart Association, Iowa Affiliate
- 1996
Appointed to Directorship, Cardiovascular Neurophysiology Laboratory, University of IowaCardiovascular Neurophysiology Laboratory, University of Iowa
- 1995
Mentor to Phillipe van de Borne MD, First Runner-up in Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Competition, American Heart Association National MeetingAmerican Heart Association
- 1995
Appointed to Fellowship of Council for High Blood Pressure Research, American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
- 1994
Demuth Young Investigator Prize for Excellence and Originality in Hypertension ResearchInternational Society of Hypertension
- 1994
David Amar MedalIsraeli Sleep Medicine Association
- 1994
Finalist, Austin Doyle AwardInternational Society of Hypertension
- 1993
Travel AwardAmerican Society of Hypertension
- 1993
Cournand and Comroe Young Investigator Award, National Meeting, Atlanta, GAAmerican Heart Association
- 1992
Winner, American College of Physicians National Clinical Poster CompetitionAmerican College of Physicians
- 1992
Young Investigator's Travel AwardInternational Society of Hypertension
- 1992
Keynote Address: Cardiovascular Session of 3rd International Symposium on Sleep and BreathingInternational Symposium on Sleep and Breathing
- 1991
Winner, National Clinical Vignette CompetitionAmerican College of Physicians
- 1991
First Prize, National Young Investigator CompetitionHeart Institute for Children
- 1991
Finalist, in American College of Physicians Clinical Poster CompetitionAmerican College of Physicians
- 1991
Finalist, Levine Young Clinical Investigator Competition, American Heart Association National MeetingAmerican Heart Association
- 1990
Winner, National Clinical Poster CompetitionAmerican College of Physicians
- 1988
Demuth Young Investigator PrizeInternational Society of Hypertension
- 1988
Young Investigator's Travel AwardInternational Society of Hypertension
- 1987
Finalist, British Cardiac Society Young Investigator Award British Cardiac Society
- 1986
Young Investigator's Travel AwardInternational Society of Hypertension
- 1985
Young Investigator's Travel AwardEuropean Society of Hypertension
- 1983
Graduate AwardWolfson College, University of Oxford
- 1983
Nuffield Dominion ScholarshipOxford University
- 1981
M.B.Ch.B. (with highest honors) Awarded Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Excellence University of Natal
- 1975
Anglo-American Open ScholarshipAwarding Organization
- 1975
Natal University ScholarshipAwarding Organization
- 1975
Durdoc Laboratory Scholarship in Chemical PathologyDurdoc Laboratory
- 1974
Matriculated with Merit, Distinctions Obtained: Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Physical Science, AccountancyAwarding Organization
- 1974
Finalist in South African Mathematics OlympiadAwarding Organization
- 1974
Deputy Head PrefectAwarding Organization
- 1974
ValedictorianCollege Dux
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Bernard Notcutt Prize in PsychologyAwarding Organization
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Poliomyelitis Research Foundation PrizeAwarding Organization
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R.C. Shepherd Prize in PsychiatryAwarding Organization
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Kolia Prize in PediatricsAwarding Organization
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Association of Surgeons PrizeAwarding Organization
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E.B. Taylor Prize in Obstetrics and GynecologyAwarding Organization
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E.E. Rosenberg Memorial PrizeAwarding Organization