- 2003
Third Prize Annual Resident's Neuroscience Research DayDepartment of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- 2002
Humanitarian of the Year AwardCleveland Clinic Foundation
- 2002
First Prize Annual Resident's Neuroscience Research DayCleveland Clinic Foundation
- 1997
Graduation for medical school top 10% of medical graduates in GermanyAwarding Organization
- 1997
Top 10% of Germans passing theAwarding Organization
- 1996
Top 10% of Germans passing theAwarding Organization
- 1994
Proposal as a candidate for a scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes"Awarding Organization
- 1993
Top 0.5% of Germans passing theAwarding Organization