He is past president of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine (since renamed to the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine), from which he won the Distinguished Researcher Award in 2000.
As a past president of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, now reorganized as the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine, he was recognized with the prestigious Distinguished Researcher Award in 2000.