2020 Humanities Award, American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

2018 American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professor Award

2018 Health Care Achievement Award, Rochester Business Journal

2017 Gold Humanism Award, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

2014 “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014”, Thomson Reuters

2013 Steven Z. Miller Humanism in Medicine Award, New York Academy of Medicine

2006 Best Published Research Paper of the Year Award, Society of General Internal Medicine

2006 Article of the Year Award, Academy Health

2005 Lynn Payer Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Literature on the Theory, Practice and Teaching of Effective Healthcare Communication and Related Skills, American Academy on Communication in Healthcare

2004 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in Public, Global Health, International Award, University of Córdoba, Spain

1997-1998 Fulbright Senior Lecturers Award, Institute for Health Studies, Barcelona, Spain

1995-1998 George L. Engel and John Romano Dean's Teaching Scholar, URSMD, Rochester, NY

1994-1998 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation