Honors & Awards

• 1983 - 1988 First Rank in Medical School Class
  Greek State Scholarships Foundation
• 1989 Doctor of Medicine(summa cum laude)
  University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
• 1992 Honored First Year Clinical Resident
  Research Festival, National Institutes of Health
• 1995 Trainee Investigator Award
  Clinical Research Meeting (AFCR, AAP, ASCI)
• 1996 Hartz Foundation Young Investigator Award
  Mayo Clinic and Foundation
• 1997 Astra-Merck Advanced Research Training Award
  American Digestive Health Foundation
  American Gastroenterological Association
• 1997 Internal Medicine Fellow Research Award
  Mayo Clinic and Foundation
• 1997 Evelyn and James Silver Fellowship Award
  American Liver Foundation
• 1998 Donald C.Balfour Award forMeritorious Research
  Mayo Alumni Association
• 1999 Eugenie M. Bolz Scholarship in Gastroenterology
  Mayo Clinic and Foundation
• 2000 J. Arnold Bargen Award
  Mayo Clinic and Foundation
• 2002 Research Scholar Award
  Foundation for Digestive Health and Nutrition
  American Gastroenterological Association
• 2002 Liver Scholar Award
  American Liver Foundation Susan Stone/PBC Fund for the Cure (declined)
• 2007 New Investigator Award
  Department of Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic College of Medicine