Honors & Awards The Inaugural Ideals of Entrepreneurship Award, Emerging Entrepreneurs in Biomedical Technology, Biodesign Group, Stanford University (2005) Outstanding Achievement in Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Association (2007) The Cushing Award for Excellence and Innovation in Neurosurgery, The American Association for Neurological Surgery (2018) The Thomas Fogarty Lecture, The Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign and The Fogarty Institute for Innovation (2018)