1998	Dr. Daniel D. Savage Memorial Scientific Award Association of Black Cardiologists
1995	Pee Dee Newspaper Group, Positive Image Award
1995	Certificate of Appreciation for participation in the 11th Annual Martin Luther King Day Program, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1994	Selected as Faculty for Bush Faculty Development Program in Excellence and Diversity in Teaching, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
1993	Distinguished Research Award, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks
1993	Distinguished Alumni Citation of the Year, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
1993	Gordon L. Starr Award Recipient, University of Minnesota
1992	Personalities of America
1992	Men of Achievement
1991	Who's Who Among Rising Young Americans Award
1988-90	Higher Ability Minority Scholarship, University of Minnesota School of Public Health
1988	Special Recognition Award, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Student National Medical Association
1988	Black Student Services Special Recognition Award, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
1985	Award of Academic Excellence, VA Medical Center, Afro-American Program
1982	Association of Black Personnel and Black Peoples Union, Outstanding Black Student Award, University of Oklahoma