Annual Meeting Faculty Details

Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng

University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA UNITED STATES

Dr. Savio L-Y. Woo is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Bioengineering and he founded and served as the Director of the world-renowned Musculoskeletal Research Center (MSRC), a diverse multidisciplinary research and educational center in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh where over 645 orthopaedic surgeons, bioengineering students and staff have studied and worked. He arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in 1990 after spending 20 years at the University of California in San Diego as a Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering. Dr. Woo is a pioneer in bioengineering and is renowned for his more than 50 years of translational research in healing and repair of tissues. Together with his team, their work has significantly impacted the management of ligament and tendon injuries including clinical paradigm shifts that have led to improved patient outcome. Dr. Woo has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), the National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica, only one of five people who have gained all three of these honors. In 1998, he was the winner of the Olympic Prize for Sports Medicine from the International Olympic Committee and the first Olympic Gold Medal in Nagano, Japan. He has published 311 refereed journal papers, 158 book chapters, and has edited 14 books. In addition, he has presented over 975 lectures.