The NASS - Harry Farfan Award
Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Spine Related Research was given to Dr. Yoon by the North American Spine Society (NASS).
2019 ISSLS
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)
Kyoto Japan.
Another excellent research meeting. Left to right, Drs. Diwan, Iatridis, Oxland, and Yoon
Global Spine Congress, 2018
AO Spine research leaders gather for a group photo. The AO Spine research group is an international group of top spine surgeons. Dr. Yoon is chairman of the Degenerative research group.
Honors and Awards:
1983 National Merit Scholar
1985 Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society 1985
1985 - Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering Honor Society
1984 - Winner of the Physics Motor Contest, MIT
1987 - Winner of the CROBOTS contest, MIT
1988 - 1995 Medical Scientist Training Program
2003 – Runner up, NASS Outstanding Paper Award
2004 – ISSLS Prize: Basic Science
2010 - 3rd Place Clinical Research Award Paper by the Cervical Spine Research Society
2011 - Global Spine Congress Best Paper Award 1ST Place
2013 – ISSLS Prize: Basic Science
2015 – Global Spine Congress – Outstanding Paper Finalist
2015 – ISSLS Best Paper Presentation
2017 – NASS Harry Farfan Award for Contributions in Spine-Related Research in basic science
2017 – Chairman of AOSpine Degenerative Knowledge Forum Steering Committee
2018 – Castellvi Research Award, Pittsburgh Spine Summit August 16-18, 2018
2019 - Atlanta’s Best Doctor Award
2020 - Atlanta’s Best Doctor Award
2020 - Reelected the Chairman of AOSpine Degenerative Knowledge Forum Steering Committee
2021 - Atlanta’s Best Doctor Award
2021 - First Vice President of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine