Professional Activities:

Honors and Awards:

1990   Teaching Assistantship Award, Cornell Univrersity, NY
1997    Best Resident Teacher Award: University of Wisconsin, Marshfield Clinic/Saint Joseph’s Hospital, WI
2003    University Teaching Fund Award, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2003    Attending Physician of the Year, Digestive Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
2005    Fellow. American College of Gastroenterology
2006    Outstanding Research Citation-Clinical, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2006    Award in Teaching Advanced Endoscopy, Digestive Diseases Emory University   School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2006    Honorary Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Nanchang   University School of Medicine, Nanchang, Jiangxi, P.R. China
2008    Nominated for Silver Pear Mentoring Award-Clinical, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of medicine
2008    Research Award, Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute
2009    Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association
2009    Member-at-Large, Georgia Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Society
2010    Honorary Professor, People’s Liberation Army General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Shenyang, China
2011    Fellow, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2012    Highlighted Researcher, Internal Medicine, Emory University
2012    Honorary Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, China
2012    Honorary Professor, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
2012    Ambassador, American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2013    Honorary Professor, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
2013    Outstanding Service as Chair of the International Relations Committee, American College of Gastroenterology
2014    Honorary Professor, General Hospital of Beijing Military, Beijing, China

Society Memberships:

2001    Member of American Gastroenterological Association
2001    Member of American College of Gastroenterology
2001    Member of American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2003    Member of Georgia Gastroenterologic and Endoscopic Society
2007    Member of American College of Physicians