| 1985 - 1986 | American Heart Association Western Pennsylvania Affiliate Research Fellowship, American Heart Association |
| 1986 - 1986 | Competitive Medical Research Fund, Mellon Foundation |
| 1988 - 1990 | Irvington Institute for Medical Research Fellow in Immunology, Irvington Institute |
| 1990 | Outstanding Scientific Paper Award , The Transplantation Society |
| 1993 | UNOS Scientific Advisory Committee Outstanding Service Award, United Network of Organ Sharing |
| 1995 | National Kidney Foundation Western Pennsylvania Annual Gift of Life Award , National Kidney Foundation |
| 1996 | Vectors Pittsburgh Man of the Year Honor, Vectors |
| 1997 | American Liver Foundationa Special Award for Leadership In Liver Transplantation, American Liver Foundation |
| 2002 | AST/Novartis Clinical Science Award , American Society of Transplantation |
| 2004 | Hopeman Lecturer , Grove City College |
| 2005 | John J. Fung Endowed Assistant Professorship in Transplant Surgery , University of Pittsburgh |
| 2007 | Achievement in Liver Transplantation Award , American Association for the Sudy of Liver Diseases |
| 2008 | ASTS Francis Moore Excellence in Mentorship Award , American Society of Transplant Surgeons |
| 2008 | Kate and Harvey Cushing Lecturer , North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital |
| 2008 | Thomas Starzl State-of-the-Art Liver Transplant Lecturer , American Association for the Sudy of Liver Diseases |
| 2009 | ILTS Distinguished Service Award , International Liver Transplantation Society |
| 2009 | Chinese American Medical Society Scientific Achievement Award, Chinese American Medical Society |
| 2010 | TTS-Roche Award for Worldwide Impact in Transplantation , The Transplantation Society |
| 2013 | Hector Orozco Lecturer , International Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery |
| 2013 | Robert Hermann Keynote Lecturer , Cleveland Clinic |
| 2014 | Joseph B. Whitehead Lecturer , Emory University |
| 2014 | James Ted Engle Pediatric Lecturer , Cleveland Clinic |
| 2015 | Thomas Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2016 | William Harridge Memorial Lecturer – Midwest Surgical Association, Midwest Surgical Association |
| 2016 | LifeBanc Legacy of Life Healthcare Award, LifeBanc |
| 2017 | Lung T. Yam, MD Memorial Lecture, University of Louisville |
| 2018 | Isadore Ravdin Memorial Lecturer, American College of Surgeons |