Awards and Honors

2017    Young Investigator Faculty Award, Creighton University School of Medicine

2017    Associate Member of the Society of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

2017    $120,000 LB692 Clinical and Translational Research Grant, Creighton University, “Defining Shoulder Injury by Matrisome Disorganization and TREM-Mediated Inflammation”

2017    2nd Place Podium Presentation, Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum,  Dilisio MF, Daugherty EK. “Collagen Type III Content of the Long Head of the Biceps.”

2016    Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Traveling Fellowship

2015    The Dr. George F. Haddix Creighton Faculty Grant ($15,000 Grant) Dilisio MF “Vitamin D Deficiency and Shoulder Tendon Pathology.”

​2014    Arthroscopy Journal Certificate Excellence in Reviewing

2014    Summa Orthopaedic Department Research and Innovation Award

2014    Second Place, Barry Friedman Orthopaedic Research Paper Award Pfefferle KJ, Shemory ST, Dilisio MF, Fening SD, Gradisar I. "Risk Factors for Manipulation After Total Knee Arthroplasty” 24th Annual Mt. Sinai Barry Friedman Orthopaedic Resident Research Competition

2013    American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Part I Exam, 97% National Rank

2013    Summa Orthopaedic Department Research and Innovation Award

2013    James S. Tan, M.D. Award for Basic Science Research Dilisio MF “The Biologic Potential of Waste Cartilage Tissue Obtained from Elective Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery: A Proof of Concept Study.”  Summa Health System Postgraduate Research Symposium.

2013    Third Place, Resident Paper and Presentation Dilisio MF “The Effect of Oxygen Tension, Hydrogel Suspension, and Rubber-Derived Polymer Seeding on Bioengineered Human Cartilage Implants.” Cleveland Orthopaedic Society Resident Essay Contest

2012    Summa Orthopaedic In-Training Exam Highest Score (98% National Rank)              

2012    Walter A. Hoyt, Sr., M.D. Award for Basic Science Research Dilisio MF “ArboCartilage: Bioengineered Human Cartilage in an Arbomatrix Scaffold."  Summa Health System Postgraduate Research Symposium.

2012    AOA-OREF Resident Leadership Forum Recipient. Washington, D.C.

2012    First Place, Best Podium Presentation Dilisio MF “Establishing Chondrocyte Culture on a Self-Assembled Monolayer." Ohio Orthopaedic Society 73rd Annual Meeting

2012    First Place, Best Poster Presentation Dilisio MF “Establishing Chondrocyte Culture on a Self-Assembled Monolayer." Mid-America Orthopaedic Society 2012 Annual Meeting

2012    Third Place, Barry Friedman Orthopaedic Resident Research Paper Award Dilisio MF “Establishing Chondrocyte Culture on a Self-Assembled Monolayer." 22nd Annual Mt. Sinai Barry Friedman Orthopaedic Resident Research Competition

2012    First Place, Best Paper/Presentation Dilisio MF “Establishing Chondrocyte Culture on a Self-Assembled Monolayer." Cleveland Orthopaedic Society Resident Essay Contest

2012    Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Educational Grant

2011    Ohio House of Representatives Special Recognition of Professionalism and Achievement Dilisio MF "Rubber City ArboCartilage" Sponsored by Rep. Kristina D. Roegner, Ohio House District 42, 129th General Assembly

 2011    Walter A. Hoyt, Sr., M.D. Award for Basic Science Research Dilisio MF “Establishing Chondrocyte Culture on a Self-Assembled Monolayer." Summa Health System Postgraduate Research Symposium.

2011    The Rice Family Robert F. Kepley OrthopaedicResearch Fellowship ($50,000 Grant) Dilisio MF “Rubber City ArboCartilage: Bioengineered Human Hyaline Cartilage in an Arbomatrix Scaffold.”

2010    Summa Orthopaedic In-Training Exam Highest Score (98% YIT Rank, PGY-3)

2009    Summa Orthopaedic In-Training Exam Highest Score (98.1% YIT Rank, PGY-2)

2008    MD with Distinction in Research, Saint Louis University

2008    Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society

2004    Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society

2004    Golden Key National Honor Society