President of the Association of Academic Chairs of Plastic Surgery.
President and founding member of The Rhinoplasty Society.
President of the Dallas Society of Plastic Surgeons and President of the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons.
The first plastic surgeon to be appointed a Distinguished Teaching Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine.
Editor-in-Chief of the leading plastic surgery journal, the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS).
He is a founding member and founding President of the Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery (AiRS).
Recipient of ASPS Special Achievement Award.
Three time Recipient of Plastic Surgery Foundation Distinguished Service Award.
He has served as President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.