Selected Awards and Honors from the University of Illinois
- Raymond B. Allen Instructorship Award (The Golden Apple). Awarded to Dr. Baptist 22 times between 1979 and 2008.
- 2008: Inducted as a Faculty Member into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
- 2008: Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2006: Faculty Distinguished Service Award
- 2006: Faculty speaker at graduation ceremony -- chosen by the graduating class
- 2006: American Association of Medical Colleges - Humanism in Medicine Award
- 2006: Arnold P. Gold Foundation Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award
- 2004: Nominated by the College of Medicine for the Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award
- 2001-2002: Outstanding Community Preceptor Award -- chosen by third-year residents in the Family Practice Residency Program
- 1997: Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award
- 1986, 1988: Honor Roll of Outstanding Teachers
- 1979, 1995, 2003: Hooder at the graduation ceremony -- chosen by the graduating class
Community Awards
- "Best Pediatrician -- Doctors' Choice", Rockford Register Star
