HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS
- New York All-City Orchestra Violinist, Avery Fischer Hall, Lincoln Center 1970
- New York State Regents Scholarship 1973
- Giannini Foundation Research Mentor of the Year, Los Angeles, CA 1998
- Certificate of Recognition, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC 2000
- Award for Excellence in Research, Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science 2002
- Top 40 EOP Alumnus: Office of the Chancellor, State University of NY 2007
- Award for Excellence in Research & Scholarship, Nova Southeastern University (NSU), FL 2008
- Certificate of Appreciation: College of Pharmacy, NSU, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2008
- Award of Excellence: President, Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education 2009
- Alumni Achiever Award, Office of the President, University at Albany, NY 2010
- Extramural Research Funding Award, College of Pharmacy, Health Professions Division, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale/Davie, FL 2010
- MAHRTISE Scholar Award in Health Disparities Research, Meharry Medical College, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 2012
- ‘José Luís Calderón, MD’, Honored as eponymic for the Young Alumnus Achiever Award, National Latino Collegiate Conference, University at Albany, NY