Honors and Awards | Wagner Cardiovascular Engineering Laboratory | McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

2021

Founders' Award, Society for Biomaterials

2020

Named by Pittsburgh Business Times to its Power 100 list (people who have defined and are redefining the region, and who are leading and shaping their industries)

2019

Plenary Lecture, 3rd Sechenov International Biomedical Summit, Moscow, Russia
Pitt Innovation Challenge 2019, Winning Team: One Valve (self-regenerating heart valve technology)
Keynote Lecture, Chinese Biomaterials Congress & International Symposium on Advanced Biomaterials
Co-Chair and Keynote Lecture, Xiangshan Science Conferences on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Appointment to the rank of Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh (highest honor that the University can accord a member of the professoriate)

2018

Pitt Innovator Award, University of Pittsburgh
Invited Lecture, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Invited Lecture, i3s (Instituto de Investigacao e Inovacao em Saude, Universidade do Porto), Porto, Portugal
Plenary Lecture at IX Seminario Internacional de Ingenier�a Biom�dica, Bogota, Columbia
Plenary Lecture at 10th Annual Conference of Chinese Hernia Society, affiliated to the Chinese Medical Association, Changsha, China
Plenary Lecture, Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition, Atlanta, GA
Invited Speaker, TERMIS AM Workshop and 4th Annual International Meeting on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Inventor of the Year, presented by the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association

2017

Plenary Lecture, 6th International Symposium on Surface and Interface of Biomaterials, Chengdu, China
Keynote Speaker, 2017 China Engineering Technology Forum, Shanghai, China
Keynote Speaker, 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, Washington, DC
Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
Invited Lecturer, 9th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Surgical Wound Care, Nagoya, Japan
Invited Lecturer, 3rd International Symposium on Vascular Tissue Engineering, Columbus, OH
Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Medical Textiles & International Forum on Biomedical Textile Materials, Shanghi, China
Keynote Speaker, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE Annual Event, Washington, DC

2016

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
Keynote Lecturer, 4th Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery, Suzhou, China
Keynote Lecturer, 9th European Elastin Meeting 2016, Stuttgart, Germany
Plenary Lecturer, Biomaterials Day 2016, North Carolina A&T State University
Keynote Lecturer, European Elastin Meeting 2016, Stuttgart, Germany

2015

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Chairman of the Americas Region
Plenary Lecturer, Biomaterials International, Kenting, Taiwan
Keynote Speaker, Summer Undergraduate Research Seminar, Pennsylvania State University
Elected International Fellow, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)
Keynote Speaker, 10th Annual Utah Bioengineering Conference

2014

Zhu Kezhen Distinguished Lecturer, Zhejiang University, China
Plenary Speaker, 7th World Congress on Preventive and Regenerative Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Pitt Innovator Award, the University of Pittsburgh
Keynote Speaker, Texas Biomaterials Day, Texas A&M University
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Senior Scientist Award of the Americas Region

2013

Keynote Speaker, 30th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society
Keynote Speaker for Establishment of First Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) chapter in Latin America, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Columbia
William H. Schwartz Memorial Lecture, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
Chairman, 2013 Annual Meeting, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

2012

Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) Chair-Elect of the Americans Region

2011

Keynote Presentation at the Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD) Conference (ASM International)
Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials
Keynote Presentation at the 27th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference

2010

Pitt Innovator Award, the University of Pittsburgh
Selected as Chairman, 2013 Annual Meeting, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
President, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO)
NIH College of Reviewers

2009

Stevenson Biomaterials Lectureship, Syracuse University
Pitt Innovator Award, the University of Pittsburgh
President-Elect, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO)
Keynote Speaker at the 27th Scientific Conference of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine
Selected as representative from the Society for Biomaterials to the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE)
Selected to Executive Board, International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO) (2009-2015)
Program Chairman, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO)

2008

Keynote Lecture at the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society, European Union (TERMIS-EU) Annual Meeting, Portugal
National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC): “Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials”, PI of University of Pittsburgh section, Scientific Director of ERC, Deputy Director of ERC
Pitt Innovator Award, the University of Pittsburgh
Keynote Speaker at 24th Annual National MD/PhD Student Conference
Appointed Scientific Director, Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest-Pittsburgh Consortium
"Professor to Watch", Pittsburgh Business Times
Election to the College of Fellows for Biomaterials Science and Engineering by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE)
Carnegie Science Award in the Life Sciences
Elected to Executive Board of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) as Vice President at Large

2007

Keynote Address, Japanese Society for Biomaterials Annual Congress
Chairman of Fellows Selection Committee, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)
Elected Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
Pitt Innovator Award, the University of Pittsburgh

2006

Selected as one of the "Scientific American 50", the magazine’s annual list recognizing leaders in science and technology from the research, business and policy fields.
Elected to the North American Council of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS); re-elected 2008

2005

Author of a Top 5 “Hot Talks/Cool Papers” of 2005 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting

2004

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Review Panel for Establishment of a National Research Center in Regenerative Medicine
Selected as Founding Editor, Acta Biomaterialia

2003

Chairman, Gordon Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering (Vice-Chairman in 2001)
First place, American Heart Association Fellows’ Research Day (Advisor)

2002

First place, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Paul Malchesky Student Abstract Fellowship (Advisor)

2001

First place at American Institute for Chemical Engineers National Student Poster Paper Competition (Advisor)
Fellow, American Heart Association and the Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Biomedical Engineering Student Fellowship Award (Advisor)

2000

Biomedical Engineering Society Undergraduate Research and Design Award (Advisor)
Elected to the College of Fellows, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering(AIMBE)

1997

1997 Selected Excellence Paper, Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting

1996

Tissue Engineering Society Travel Award, Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative

1992

Fellowship Travel Award, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

1989-1990

Shell Foundation Fellowship, University of Texas
Engineering Foundation Endowed Presidential Scholarship, University of Texas

1987

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, The University of Texas at Austin

1986

Graduating General and Departmental Honors, The Johns Hopkins University
1986 Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, The Johns Hopkins University

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