Awards, Honors, and Recognitions

2025                     Scholar Impact: h-index 92; i10-index 454; citations 42921

2025-Present      Chair, Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), Industry Roundtable

2024                     ASCO Advocacy Champion

2025                     ASCO Ed Book Editor-in-Chief Search Committee

2024                     Vogelzang Scholar Selection Committee, SWOG

2024-Present        Member, Scientific Program Committee, European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, Barcelona, Spain

2024                     Poster Chair, GU, Prostate Track, European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress, Barcelona, Spain

2023                     Guy A. Zimmerman, MD, Faculty Mentoring Award, University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.

2023                     Top Reviewer of 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

2023                     Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO)

2017-2023           Featured Voice #GU17, #GU18, and #GU19, #GU20, #GU22 at the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022 Genitourinary Cancer Symposium (aka ASCO GU), Orlando, FL and San Francisco, CA. February 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.

2021                     Featured Voice 2021 ASCO Annual Virtual meeting #ASCO21

2021-2025           Editor in Chief: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Daily news

2021                     Reviewer of the Month (October 2021), European Urology

2021                     ASCO Advocacy Champion

2020                     Top Reviewer for 2020, European Urology Oncology (EUO)

2018                     2017-2018 Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2016                     Chair, Prostate Cancer Session, 17th Annual Meeting of the Society of           Urologic Oncology (SUO), San Antonio, TX, December 1, 2016

2014                     National Cancer Institute (NCI): 2014 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award (3P30CA042014-25S2)

2014                     Chair, Genitourinary (Non-prostate) Cancer Poster Highlights Session, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, Chicago, IL. May 30, 2014

2013                     Chair, Oral Prostate Cancer Session, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, Chicago, IL. June 1st, 2013

2013                     American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Medical Student Rotation

(MSR) Mentor Award (for student from underrepresented population), 2013

2013                     SWOG’s top-accruing member institution for 2012-Nominated to receive the award at the SWOG spring meeting plenary session on behalf of University of Utah as the top accruer at the site

2013-Present       National PI, NCI-CTEP trial: Phase 3, SWOG-1216 ((NCT01809691)

2010-2023           Leader of Early Therapeutics, Scientific Leadership Committee, South West Oncology Group (SWOG) – Committee for Genitourinary Cancers

2009                     2009-2010 William D. Odell Young Investigator Award (“University of Utah Department of Internal Medicine-Outstanding Junior Faculty Award”)

2009                     South West Oncology Group (SWOG) 2009 Young Investigator

2008                     “Travel Award”: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) Medical

Oncology Travel Award, RTOG Semi-Annual meeting in San Diego, California, January 17, 2008

2007                     American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Scholarship Award: for NCI Sponsored Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology workshop, July 2007

2007                     Fellow Research Award, 9th Annual Mayo Clinic Hematology/Oncology Fellow’s Research Symposium (17th Annual Mayo Clinic Hematology/Oncology Oncology Reviews), 2007

2003                     Winner, Clinical Vignette Competition, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego 2003

2003                     Finalist, Research Poster Competition, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego 2003

2003                     Merck Travel Award, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting, San Diego, 2003

2001                     Resident (PGY1) of the year. 2000-2001, 06/2001

1997                     Ranked 5th in the All India Entrance Exam for Post-Graduation in Medicine