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Educational Background:
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Chico State College, 1965
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 1966
Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Washington, 1971
D.Sc., Honorary, California State University at Chico, 1999
D.Eng., Honorary, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2008
Professional Summary:
Dr. Savio L-Y. Woo is the University Professor of Bioengineering and the Founder and Director of the Musculoskeletal Research Center (MSRC). This is a diverse multidisciplinary research and educational center in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh where over 450 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's research interests include biomechanics; experimental, theoretical and numerical analyses of the nonlinear material properties of biological tissues and new nonlinear viscoelastic theories for soft tissue; homeostasis of ligaments and tendons and their change following decreased, as well as increased, levels of applied stress and motion, and the methods to enhance the healing of the tendon, ligament and meniscus. For the last 25 years, Dr. Woo's research has focused on knee ligament healing and repair, MCL and ACL in particular. He has published over 300 refereed journal papers, 135 book chapters, 780 abstracts, and has edited 11 books and 17 conference proceedings. In addition, he has presented over 850 lectures. More recently his work has centered on functional tissue engineering of ligament healing and regeneration by examining the processes from molecular to cellular tissue levels, as well as the use of robotic technology to examine the function of the ACL and MCL replacement grafts.
Dr. Woo has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, The National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica. In 1998, he was the winner of the IOC Olympic Prize for Sports Medicine and the first Olympic Gold Medal in Nagano, Japan.
美国匹兹堡大学生物医学工程系脊骨研究中心
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