- 1964 — Came to America from Iran
- 1986 — Joined University Hospitals
- 1988 — Recipient of the Cleveland YWCA Career Woman of Achievement Award
- 1992 — First woman in America to lead an independent academic medical center as president and CEO of University Hospitals and University Hospitals Health System
- 1993 — Appointed to Hillary Rodham Clinton’s National Health Care Reform Task Force
- 1993 — Recipient of CWRU’s Weatherhead School of Management Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award
- 1994 — Appointed by Ohio Gov. George Voinovich to serve on the 15-member Commission to Study the Ohio Economy and Tax Structure
- 1996 — Recipient of the Cleveland League of Women Voters Belle Sherwin Democracy in Action Award
- 1996 — Recipient of the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs Women Mean Business Award
- 1997 — First woman and first CEO of a not-for-profit organization selected to chair the Greater Cleveland United Way Campaign
- 1998 — First woman chosen to receive the Business Statesmanship Award from the Harvard Business School Club of Northeast Ohio
- 1999 — First woman chosen to receive the Business Executive of the Year Award from the Sales & Marketing Executives of Cleveland
- 2000 — Featured by Crain’s Cleveland Business as one of the nine most influential agents of change in Cleveland over the past 20 years
- 2000 — Recipient of Woman of Achievement Award by Women’s City Club of Cleveland
- 2000 — Inducted into Inside Business magazine 2000 Business Hall of Fame
- 2000 — Recipient of the March of Dimes Golden Mile Award for leadership in saving babies
