Honors and Awards

• 2024 Roll of Honour, Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Hair Transplant Surgeons, Gurugram, India, April 22, 2024. Honoring lifetime achievement in the field of hair restoration.
• 2024 “Sam Lam Award”, Award in hair restoration surgery named after Dr. Lam, presented at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery Regional Workshop, Islamabad, Pakistan, February 23, 2024.
• 2022 “The Golden Follicle Award”, given by the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery for the greatest clinical or education contribution to the hair industry, 30th Annual World Congress, Panama City, Panama, October 29, 2022. Read the Press Release
• 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