- 2001-Teacher of the Year Award, Psychiatric Times (2001)
- 2003 Kaiser Awards for Clinical Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine (2003)
- 2018 – Eleanor and Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award, Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (2018)
- Best Paper on the Application of Hypnosis, American Psychological Association (2002)
- Best Researcher/Author Presentation, 17th World Congress on Psychosomatic Medicine (2003)
- Charles Shagass, MD Award, for meritorious scholarly work during residency, Temple University School of Medicine (1992)
- Dlin/Fischer Award for significant achievement in Clinical Research, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2014)
- DLIN/Fischer Award, for significant achievement in clinical research, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2004)
- Dorfman Award for Best Original Research, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2009)
- Dorfman Award, for Best Case Report, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2006)
- Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (1996)
- Fellow, American College of Forensic Psychiatry (1996)
- Franz-Köhler-Inflammation-Award, German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (2017)
- Herbert Spiegel Award for Hypnosis Research, Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University & New York State Psychiatric Institute (2014)
- Research Poster of the Year Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2012)
- Research Poster of the Year Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2014)
- Research Poster of the Year Award, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2013)
- Sawlow Memorial Award on Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland International Neuroscience Symposium (2016)
- Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2004)
- Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University (2009)
- Visiting Professorship Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2014)