| 1979 |
Le Messurer Bursary |
| 1979 |
St Mark's Collegians Prize |
| 1980 |
Lendon Scholarship |
| 1981 |
Bickersteth Scholarship |
| 1983 |
W.A. Dibden Prize |
| 1984 |
South Australian Rhodes Scholarship |
| 1990 |
Royal College of Surgeons of England Arris and Gale Medal |
| 1991 |
American College of Sports Medicine New Investigator Award |
| 1992 |
American Orthopaedic Association - Zimmer Award for Orthopaedic Residents |
| 1992 |
International Society for Free Radical Research Young Investigator Award |
| 1993 |
Eastern Orthopaedic Association Resident/Fellow Award |
| 1994 |
American Orthopaedic Association - Zimmer Award for Orthopaedic Fellows |
| 1994 |
American Orthopaedic Association North American Travelling Fellow |
| 1996 |
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 3M Basic Science Award |
| 2001 |
Federation Internationale de Medicine du Sport (FIMS) AFSM Intercontinental Travelling Fellow |
| 2003 |
COMMS Award, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Best Paper 2003 Annual Meeting |
| 2005 |
FE Johnson Memorial Fellowship |
| 2010 |
The Petronas Chair, University of Malaya |
| 2010 |
The Hospital for Special Surgery International Alumni Ambassador |