Organizations & Awards:

* Active Member Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons:

* Active member Honors: First Prize Clinical Award at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons, Iowa City, Iowa, May, 1995

* First Prize Clinical Award at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons, Mackinac Island, Michigan, July 24-27, 1994

* Doran Scholar Award, October 20, 1992 for researchproject and publication "Endoscopic Tatooing of the Colon: Clinical Experience." Clifford C. Snyder

* Award for the best paper by a plastic surgery resident of fellow at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia, May 6-8, 1991.

* Best Paper Award at the Annual Plastic Surgery Senior Residents Conference, New York, May 1, 1990.

* First Prize President's Award at the Annual Meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society, New Orlean's, Lousiana, May 10, 1991.

* First Prize Clinical Award at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Surgical Association, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August 1-24, 1988

* First Prize Basic Science Award at the Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons, Mackinac Island, Michigan, July 24-26, 1988.

Professional Memberships:

* American College of Surgeons: Candidate Group
* American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons: Active Member
* American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Active Member
* Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons: Active Member
* Kent County Medical Society
* Michigan State Medical Society
* Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons
* Gilda's Club of Grand Rapids Medical Advisory Board Member
* The American Cancer Society Board of Directors Member