Berson-Yalow Award - Greater NY Chapter Society of Nuclear Medicine 1999: Best Doctors in America 2001: One of two Finalists, "Most influential Radiology Researchers, AuntMinnie.com's Annual Event to recognize Excellence in Radiology 2001: Distinguished Service Award, Indo-American Society of Nuclear Medicine , IASNM, for outstanding contribution to nuclear medicine and promotion of IASNM 2001: member, American Board of Nuclear Medicine 2001: Taplin Pioneer Award in Nuclear Medicine 2004: Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award, 51st Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine 2005: Member, (Ad Hoc Chairman), NIH/CSR/ZRG1 SBIB-Q50 2005: Chairman, NIH/CSR/ZRG1 SBIB-Q13 2006: Mentor of the Year Award, American College of Nuclear Medicine Physicians 2006: Fellow, World Innovation Foundation 2007: Honorary Doctoral Degree (Laurea ad honorem, Medicina e Chirurgia), University of Bolognia, Italy 2007: Honorary PhD Degree in Molecular Biology, University of Shiraz 2007: Member, Honorary Editorial Board, Drug Design, Development and Therapy 2008: Member, Honorary Editorial Board, Journal of Receptor, Ligand and Channel Research, Dove Medical Press 2008: Life Member, American Board of Nuclear Medicine 2008: Honorary Doctoral Degree (DSc), University of the Sciences in Philadelphia 2008: The most published and most cited faculty at PENN 2010: Member, College of CSR Reviewers, National Institute of Health 2011: Editor-in-Chief, Current Molecular Imaging 2012: Organizing Committee Member, International Conference & Exhibition on Personalized Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics 2012: Benedict Cassen Prize for Research in Nuclear Medicine, Annual Meeting of the SNM 2015: recipient of Gold Medal of City of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran 2015: recipient of gold medal of National Institute for Medical Research Development, Tehran, Iran Other appearances Alavi has been a long-time supporter of educational and research opportunities for students in nuclear medicine. While his name is associated with the Alavi-Mandell Awards, which recognize trainees and young scientists who publish articles as senior authors in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, he also supports the Pilot Research Grants and the Bradley-Alavi Student Fellowship Awards. Bradley-Alavi Fellows are named in honor of the late Stanley E. Bradley, a professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and a prominent researcher in the fields of renal physiology and liver disease, and Abass Alavi, M.D., professor of radiology and chief of the division of nuclear medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. funded by the Education and Research Foundation of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. In 2021 Alavi co-founded Bashir-Alavi Award with Humayun Bashir for the best