Faculty Awards and Honors | Neurological Sciences | University of Nebraska Medical Center

Dr. John Bertoni served as the Plenary Speaker at the UNMC "Living Better With Parkinson Disease" symposium in October 2016.
Dr. Matthew Rizzo was named Principal Investigator of a five-year National Institutes of Health research grant totaling nearly $20 million. The grant will create the Great Plains IDeA-CTR Network.
Dr. Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul completed the UNMC Physician Leadership Academy.
Dr. Diego Torres-Russotto was named a founding member of the UNMC Interprofessional Academy of Educators.
Dr. Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Sachin Kedar was named a Fellow of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society.
Dr. Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul was names Teacher of the Year by the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program.
Dr. Tony Wilson received a UNMC New Investigator Award.

Dr. Daryl Gress received the Shubin-Weil Master Clinician/Teacher: Excellence in Bedside Teaching Award from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Daryl Gress was named a member of the University of Virginia School of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Educators.
Dr. Sachin Kedar was named Faculty Mentor of the Year by the Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program.
Dr. Daniel Murman received a Research Award from the Midlands Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.
Dr. Amelia Nelson-Sheese received a National Register Early Career Psychologist Scholarship Award.
Dr. Ezequiel Piccione was named Teacher of the Year by the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program.
Dr. Tony Wilson received the UNMC Joseph P. Gilmore Distinguished New Investigator Award.

Dr. T. Scott Diesing received a Meaning of Care Award from Nebraska Methodist Hospital.
Dr. Pierre Fayad received the Service Recognition Award from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry and the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
Dr. J. Americo Fernandes was named the Helen Freytag Associate Professor of ALS Research.
Dr. Marco Gonzalez-Castellon received a QPStar Award for fastest stroke treatment from New York Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Daryl Gress was named a Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society.
Dr. Sachin Kedar received the Abraham Flexner Master Educator Award from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
Dr. Deepak Madhavan became a member of the American Epilepsy Society's Q-Pulse Committee.
Dr. Matthew Rizzo received the Bartimaeus Award from the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Tony Wilson received the UNMC Kinman-Oldfield Award for Neurodegenerative Research.

Dr. T. Scott Diesing received an Emerging Physician Leader Award from Private Practice Associates.
Dr. Pierre Fayad received the Circle of Distinction Award and Medal from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

Dr. J. Americo Fernandes was named the Helen Freytag Assistant Professor of ALS Research.
Dr. Sachin Kedar received the Outstanding Teacher Award from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine's Ophthalmology residency program.
Dr. Daniel Murman was named Teacher of the Year by the UNMc Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program.
Dr. Matthew Rizzo was named a Fellow of the American Neurological Association.

Dr. Daryl Gress was named a Fellow of the College of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Pierre Fayad received the National Physician of the Year Award from the American Heart Association.
Dr. Matthew Rizzo received an Advisory Committee Service Award from the U.S. Federal Drug Administration.
Dr. Matthew Rizzo received an Inaugural Medical Review Board Service Award from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Dr. Pariwat Thaisetthawatkul was named Teacher of the Year by the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program.
Dr. Rana Zabad received a Recognition Award from the Nebraska Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for outstanding conributions to patients affected with MS.
Dr. Kathleen Healey received a Research Innovation Award from the University of Nebraska's UneMed Corporation in 2009.
Dr. Olha Taraschenko received an Early Career Investigator Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence in 2009.

Dr. Pierre Fayad was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology in 2008.
Dr. Matthew Garlinghouse received the NARSAD Suzanne and John Golden Investigator Award.
Dr. Kathleen Healey received a Research Innovation Award from the University of Nebraska's UneMed Corporation in 2008.
Dr. Tony Wilson received a Young Investigator Award from the 16th International Conference in Biomagnetism.
Dr. John Bertoni received the Hand in Hand Linking Lives for Parkinson's Award from the American Parkinson Disease Association Nebraska Chapter in 2007.
Dr. Marco Gonzalez-Castellon was named a Chapter Mentor by the American College of Physicians Centeral America Chapter.
Dr. Pierre Fayad received an Outstanding Volunteer Service Award from the Nebraska Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2005.
Dr. Daniel Murman received the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer's Research Fund Award in 2005.
Dr. Daryl Gress was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology in 2005.
Dr. Pierre Fayad was named Teacher of the Year by the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program in 2004.
Dr. Pierre Fayad received the Leadership and Dedication Award from the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences' residency program in 2004.
Dr. Kathleen Healey received the MS Advocate of the Year Award from the Nebraska Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in 2003.