R. Matthew Walsh, MD

• Dean’s List - 1978-1981
• Creighton University, Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award 1980
• Summa Cum Laude - 1981
• John F. Keeley Surgical Scholarship - 1989 National Cancer Institute, Washington DC
• University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Research Project: “Immunotherapeutic Approaches, For Colon Cancer: The Use of Recombinant Antigen, Presentation and Immunoconjugates”
• 1997 Faculty Teaching Award, The Ohio State University College of Medicine - 1997
• Teacher of the Year , Cleveland Clinic Housestaff- 2000,
• The Distinguished Educator Award, The Ohio State University - 2001
• Associate Examiner, American Board of Surgery - 1999, 2002
• Harvard-Macy Institute Program for Physician Educators - 2002
• Teacher of the Year - 2003, 2004,
• Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Housestaff - 2006, 2008
• Examiner, American Board of Surgery - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Kaiser-Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award, Case Western Reserve University College of Medicine - 2008,
• Rich Family Distinguished Chair of Digestive Diseases- 2009
• Service Excellence Award, health Network Foundation - 2010
• The Rich Family Distinguished Chair in Digestive Diseases 2009

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