Honors and Awards
1971 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1974 Diplomate, ABIM Subspecialty of Infectious Diseases
1975-1976 Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation Faculty Scholar Award
1986-1987 Member, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Committee, NIAID
1987-1990 Chairman, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Committee, NIAID
1989 Professor Honorario, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
1989-2000 Member, Subspecialty Board for Infectious Diseases, ABIM
1990 MERIT Award, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
1990 Member, American Clinical and Climatological Association
1992 Recipient, Emilio Ribas Award of Infectious Diseases, Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (for outstanding teaching and research in Brazil)
1994 Member, Association of American Physicians
1995-1999 Member, National Advisory Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council, NIH
1996 Member, Advisory Committee to the Director, National Institutes of Health
1996-2000 Chairman, Subspecialty Board for Infectious Diseases, ABIM
1996-2000 Board of Directors, American Board of Internal Medicine
2000-2003 Councillor, Infectious Diseases Society of America
2001 Recipient, Honneur et Merite, GHESKIO Centres, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2002 Honorary Fellow, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Alumni Association
2006 Foreign Member, Brazilian National Academy of Sciences
2007 Recipient, Honneur et Merite, Haitian Medical Association
