Cato
T. Laurencin, University Professor with joint appointments
in BME and ChE and the Lillian T. Pratt Distinguished Professor
and chair of orthopedic surgery, was elected to the Institute
of Medicine, part of the National Academies, in honor of
his contributions to health and medicine.
"Election to the National Academy of Sciences Institute
of Medicine is a great distinction in the field of medicine.
I am deeply honored to have been chosen," Laurencin
said.
Laurencin is a world-renowned expert in shoulder
and knee surgery and international leader in biomaterials
and tissue engineering research. He joined U.Va. as a University
professor and chairman of orthopedic surgery in 2003. Laurencin
is currently Speaker of the House of Delegates of the National
Medical Association and a member of the National Science
Board of the Food and Drug Administration. He earned his
BSE in chemical engineering from Princeton University and
his MD from Harvard Medical School, where he graduated Magna
Cum Laude. Simultaneously he earned a PhD in biochemical
engineering/biotechnology from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
Other honors Dr. Laurencin has received this
year include being named to AMERICA's TOP DOCTORS for 2004;
named to Who's Who in America; named to Who's Who in Medicine
and Health Care; named to the African Scientific Committee
of the African Institute of Science and Technology.
