Name:	Stephen Francis Badylak, D.V.M., Ph.D., M.D.
Affiliation:	University of Pittsburgh
Title:	Research Professor, Department of Surgery Director of Tissue Engineering, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Stephen Badylak is currently a Research Professor in the Department of Surgery and director of Tissue Engineering at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. In 1976, he received his D.V.M. from Purdue University and he completed his M.S. in Clinical Pathology from Purdue University in 1978. Dr. Badylak also holds a Ph.D. in Anatomic Pathology from Purdue University (1981) and graduated with highest honors with a M.D. from Indiana University Medical School in 1985.

Prior to his post graduate training, Dr. Badylak practiced veterinary medicine at a mixed animal practice in Glenwood, Illinois and in Hobart, Indiana. Dr. Badylak began his academic career at Purdue University in 1983 as an Assistant Research Scholar at the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center.

During his tenure at Purdue University, Dr. Badylak held a variety of positions including Postdoctoral Research Associate (1985, Associate Research Scholar (1988) and served as the Director of the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center from 1995-1998. Dr. Badylak held a dual appointment as an Associate Professor within the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology and also served as the Head Team Physician for the Athletic Department for 16 years (1985-2001). Prior to joining the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Badylak served as Senior Research Scientist within the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Dr. Badylak holds over 40 US patents, has authored more than 130 scientific publications and 6 book chapters, and has been a member of several scientific committees. He has served as the Chair of the Purdue University Tissue Engineering Advisory Board and as chair of the Study Section for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He presently serves as a member of the Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section at NIH. Dr. Badylak has either chaired or been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board to several major medical device companies including DePuy Inc. of Warsaw, IN, Cook Biotech of West Lafayette, IN, Genesis Orthopaedics of Cambridge, MA , Sentron Medical Ventures of Cincinnati, OH and ACell, Inc. of Jessup, MD. Dr. Badylak is the senior Scientific Advisor of ACell, Inc.

Dr. Badylak is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He is a charter member and one of three United States member governors of the Tissue Engineering Society International. He is also a member of the Society for Biomaterials and the Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology Society. For his contributions to his field, he has been featured in several publications and has been the recipient of multiple awards, including most recently the Sigma Xi Scientific Society 2002 Research Award.

DVM, Purdue University, 1976
MS (Clinical Pathology), Purdue University, Indiana, 1978
PhD (Anatomic Pathology), Purdue University, Indiana, 1981
MD, Indiana University Medical School, Indiana, 1985


Stephen F. Badylak, DVM, MD, PhD
McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
100 Technology Drive, Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 235-5145
Fax: (412) 235-5110
badylaks@upmc.edu
www.mirm.pitt.edu

• Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing
• Biomaterials and Biomaterial/Tissue interactions
• Vascular Biology and the Cardiovascular system
• Orthopaedic Biology and Prostheses
• Biomedical Engineering as it Relates to Device Development and Biomaterials