| Role | Organization | Time |
|---|
| Member | National Institutes of Health | Present |
| Member | Research Grant Review Panels, invited member | Present |
| Member | AAmerican Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 1995 - Present |
| Chairman | Past Chairman of Prosthetics, Orthotics, Wheelchairs and Human Biomechanics SIG | Present |
| Member | Association of Academic Physiatrists | 1995 - 2004 |
| Member | American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists | Present |
| Fellow | Invited participant in the Clinical Standards of Practice Consensus Conference on Standards of Care | Present |
| Distinction | Institution | Year |
|---|
| Top news from the world of science in 2011, Science News for Rubber Ha | | 2011 |
| Brain . Brain : 1-12 . Top 1% of Physicians, US News and World Report | | 2011-2012 |
| Top 40 visionaries in Chicago. Chicago | | |
| Magazine, December | | 2010 |
| Best Scientific Paper at Int'l Soc. of Prosthet. and Orthot., Leipzig | | 2010 |
| Honorary Doctorate from | | 2009 |
| Engineer of the Year Finalist. Design News | | 2008 |
| Inducted in to the | | 2008 |
| Creative Clinician Award, American Academy of Orthotist and Prostheti | | 2008 |
| Scientific American 50, Award for top 50 technology leaders | | 1950 |
| Scientific American Magazine. | | 2007 |
| Forchheimer Prize Paper in Prosthetics and Orthotics International | | |
| International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics | | 2007 |
| Health Breakthrough Award, Ladies Home Journal | | 2007 |
| Chicagoan of the Year, Chicago Magazine | | 2007 |
| Engineering Achievement Award, Illinois Engineering Council, October | | 2006 |
| Named 'A Modern Leonardo da Vinci' by the Chicago Museum of Science a | | 2006 |
| Bionic Arm-Best Innovations | | 2006 |
| America's 100 Best | | |
| Readers Digest Magazine | | 2006 |
| Grand Award Winner | | |
| Best New Healthcare Technology of 2005 | | |
| Popular Science Magazine, December | | 2005 |
| The da Vinci Award 'honoring outstanding engineering achievements rel | | 2005 |
| Best Doctors in US, Castle-Connelly, Every year since | | 2003 |
| Best Doctors in Chicago | | |
| Chicago Magazine, each year since | | 2004 |
| Best Doctor in Chicago, Chicago Hospital News, September | | 2004 |
| Breakthrough Doctors, Chicago Magazine, January | | 2003 |
| Best Paper, Runner-Up. IX World Congress of the International Society | | 1998 |
| The Scholl Recognition Award for Rehabilitation Research | | 1995 |
| Sara Baskin Research Award | | 1992 |
| Chicago Super Doctors | | 2012 |
