Pediatric Endocrinology) 2000 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania 2000 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Novara, Italy 2001 Recipient of The Endocrine Society (USA) Clinical Investigator Award 2002 Nominated Honorary President of the Hellenic Society for the Study and Applications of Growth Hormone, Greece 2003 International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)Prize for achievements in Science, Education and Advocacy for Childhood Diabetes 2008 Knight, First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland awarded by the President of the State of Finland 2009 Israel Prize awarded by the State of Israel in recognition for contributions in the field of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes 2012 Recipient of the Human Growth Foundation (USA) Award, Houston, Texas 2014 Israel Society of Endocrinology (IES) Award in recognition of contributions to Endocrinology in Israel 2015 American College of Endocrinology International Endocrinology Award 2015 Doctor Honoris Causa in Science, University of San Francisco Quito, Ecuador 2016 Growth Hormone Research Society Honorary Award 2017 Honorary Doctorate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 2017 Honorary Member, Ecuadorian Pediatric Society, Ecuador Selective papers of special interest Laron Z, Pertzelan A, Mannheimer S. Genetic pituitary dwarfism with high serum concentration of growth hormone—a new inborn error of metabolism? Israel journal of medical sciences. 1966;2:152-5 Laron Z, Pertzelan A, Karp M, Kowadlo-Silbergeld A, Daughaday WH. Administration of growth hormone to patients with familial dwarfism with high plasma immunoreactivity growth hormone: measurement of sulfation factor, metabolic and linear growth responses. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 1971;33:332-42 Laron Z, Galatzer A, Amir S, Gil R, Karp M, Mimouni M. A multidisciplinary, comprehensive, ambulatory treatment scheme for diabetes mellitus in children. Diabetes care. 1979;2:342-8 Eshet R, Laron Z, Pertzelan A, Arnon R, Dintzman M. Defect of human growth hormone receptors in the liver of two patients with Laron-type dwarfism. Israel journal of medical sciences. 1984;20:8-11 Godowski PJ, Leung DW, Meacham LR, Galgani JP, Hellmiss R, Keret R, et al. Characterization of the human growth hormone receptor gene and demonstration of a partial gene deletion in two patients with Laron-type dwarfism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 1989;86:8083-7 Gil-Ad I, Leibowitch N, Josefsberg Z, Wasserman M, Laron Z. Effect of oral clonidine, insulin-induced hypoglycemia and exercise on plasma GHRH levels in short-stature children. Acta endocrinologica. 1990;122:89-95 Laron Z. Laron syndrome (primary growth hormone resistance or insensitivity): the personal experience 1958–2003.