Honors and Awards
1970 MD with Honors. University of Buenos Aires Medical School
1974-1975 Fogarty International Fellowship from National Institutes of Health, USA
1980 "Best Paper by an Assistant Professor of Pathology", Pathology Professors Association of New York.
1982-1985 Irma T. Hirschl career development award
1982-1985 Vice-Chairman and Chairman, Biological Sciences, New York Academy of Sciences
1985-1990 Established Investigator Award, American Heart Association
1986 RR Bensley Award "Outstanding Young Cell Biologist", American Association of Anatomy.
1989-1990 President, New York Society of Electron Microscopists.
1990-1995 Joseph Hinsey Chair, Cornell University Medical College
1996-2003 Jules and Doris Stein Professor of Cell Biology in Ophthalmology, by Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation
1992 Lundbeck Lecturer, Biological Society of Copenhagen
1992 Burton L. Baker Memorial Lecturer, University of Michigan
1995-1999 President of ANACITEC (Argentine North-American Society for Advancement of Science, Technology and Culture)
1999-2002 Chair, International Cell Biology Committee, American Society of Cell Biology
