Dr Lams’ Honors & Awards

• 2020 “Gold Peacock Oration” Keynote Address, Invited Speaker, “Eyebrow Hair Transplant”, 11th Annual Conference of the Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons, India, Mumbai, India, March 6, 2020.
• 2010 “Fat Grafting”, Keynote Address, XX Congress of the European Association
  for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, September 17, 2010, Bruges, Belgium.
• 2009 “Surgeon of the Month”, International Forum, January/February 2009
  INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF HAIR RESTORATION SURGERY
• 2002 “John Orlando Roe Award”, Best clinical research award in facial plastic surgery, $1000 prize.
  AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FACIAL PLASTIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOUNDATION
• 2002 “Midfacial Rejuvenation via an Endoscopic Browlift Approach: A Critical Evaluation of a Five-Year Experience”, Edwin F. Williams, III, M.D., Hannah Vargas, M.D., Samuel M. Lam, M.D., Christopher R. Hove, M.D., Bret
• J. Rodgers, M.D., Ravinder Dahiya, M.D.
  3rd Place Award, 2002 Resident Research & Alumni Day Program
  DIVISION OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY
  ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 2002 “A Systematic Histologic Analysis of the Pulse-Dye Laser in Non-Ablative Therapy in a Porcine Model”, Ravinder Dahiya, M.D.,
  Samuel M. Lam, M.D., Edwin F. Williams, III, M.D.,
  2nd Place Award, 2002 Resident Research & Alumni Day Program
  DIVISION OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD & NECK SURGERY
  ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 2001 “13th Annual Mount Sinai Comprehensive Course in Head & Neck
  Reconstruction” Scholarship Award Scholarship Award
  DEPARTMENT OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
  MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
  New York, New York
• 2000 Nasal Knowledge Bowl,
  Gold Medal, First Place in Competition (28 competing teams)
  $8,000 Prize, September 20-23, 2000
  INTERNATIONAL RHINOLOGIC SOCIETY/
  AMERICAN RHINOLOGIC SOCIETY/ MAYO CLINIC
  IX WORLD CONGRESS
  Washington D.C.
• 2000 Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery Annual In-Service Examination,
  99th percentile in nation and highest score in residency program
  AMERICAN BOARD OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY
  Houston, Texas
• 2000 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award, Nomination
  COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
  New York, New York
• 1995 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Otolaryngology as a Medical Student
  BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
  Houston, Texas
• 1991 Cum Laude Graduate
  PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
  Princeton, New Jersey
• 1989 Malcolm S. Forbes Community Service Award
  PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
  Princeton, New Jersey
• 1987 Valedictorian
  CISTERCIAN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
  Irving, Texas