Honor & Awards:
•2013: Distinguished Alumnus Award, Graduate School, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
•2012: Congressional Medal of Merit, House of Representatives, US Congress, Washington.
•2011: Plaque from Mahidol University, presented by HRH Princess Sirindhorn, Bangkok, Thailand.
•2005: “Hope is a Vaccine” award, GAIA Foundation, Providence, RI.
•2000: Member (Medicine), Royal Academy of Doctors, Madrid, Spain.
•2000- Member, International Confraternity of Investigators, Toledo, Spain.
•1999: Honorary Member, Venezuelan Society for Microbiology, Caracas, Venezuela.
•1999: Order “Alejo Zuluaga”, University of Carabobo, Valencia, Venezuela.
•1999: Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
•1999: Order “City of Maracaibo”, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
•1998: Member, Venezuelan Academy of Medicine, Caracas.
•1996: Grand Cross of the National Public Health, Ministry of Health, Caracas, Venezuela.
•1982: Order “Andres Bello”, Ministry of Education, Caracas, Venezuela.