Dr. Antonacci - Awards and Honors
1988 - Georgetown University Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude
Dean’s List (3 of 6 semesters), First Honors (1 of 6), Second Honors (1 of 6).
1991 - Georgetown University School of Medicine Research Award: $1500
Heterogeneity of Benzodiazepine Recognition Site Ligands
1991 - Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
1992 - Georgetown University Medical School, Cum Laude, Rank: 14/200
1994 - Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1994 -Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Paul Harrington Award for Orthopaedic Research: $1000
Age-Related Changes in Vertebral Bone Density and Trabecular Architecture are Influenced by Degenerative Change and Osteoporosis
1998 - Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Paul Harrington Award for Orthopaedic Research: $1000
Histology of Fractured Human Vertebral Bodies: Documentation of Intraosseous Nerves
2000 - Grant Recipient, Cervical Spine Research Society: $30,000 for SCI research
2001 - Russell Hibbs Basic Science Award, Scoliosis Research Society, Cleveland, OH
Axonal Regeneration Using Transplants of Genetically Engineered Fibroblasts in Spinal Cord Injury
2002 - American Spinal Injury Association Research Award: $1000.00, Vancouver, BC
SCI Research, First Place Paper
2002 - Golden Stethoscope Award - Most Dedicated Physician, Graduate Hospital, PA
2002 - Physician of the Year-Orthopaedic Residency Award for Teaching, PCOM, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery: FAAOS
2003 - Elected Active Member, Cervical Spine Research Society
2003 - SDEG Fellow-Scoliosis Research Society- Spinal Deformity Education Group Award
2003 - Grant Recipient: Shriners Hospital for Children: $25,000 for SCI Research
2003 - Russell Hibbs Basic Science Award, Scoliosis Research Society, Quebec, Canada
Human Marrow Stromal Cell Transplants In a Collagen Matrix Support Axonal Regeneration of Descending Pathways Across Complete Spinal Cord Transections
2005 - Elected to Full, Active Member. Scoliosis Research Society
2005 - Grant Recipient: Shriners Hospital For Children: >$150,000 for SCI Research
2005 - Top Physician: Spine Surgery. Guide to America’s Top Physicians.
Consumers Research Council of America. Washington D.C.
2005 - Cervical Spine Research Society, Nominated for best Paper Award
2005 - Fellow American Academy of Surgery: FACS
2006 - European Cervical Spine Research Society: Invited Guest Speaker, Berlin.
2006 - Invited Faculty, Depuy Spine Minimally Invasive Course, NYC
2006 - Invited Faculty, Shriners Hospital/Depuy Spine Advanced Spine Techniques
2006 - AO SPINE Europe: Invited Guest Speaker, Majorca, Spain.
2006 - Co-chair, Steel Conference Precourse, SCI, Orlando, Florida
2006 - Pitié-Salpétrière Hospital, Invited Guest Speaker, Paris
2007 - Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery: Invited Faculty, San Diego
2007 - Top Physician: Spine Surgery. Guide to America’s Top Physicians. Consumers Research Council of America, Washington, D.C.
