Cato T. Laurencin
| Cato Thomas Laurencin | |
|---|---|
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Princeton University, MIT, Central High School of Philadelphia (235) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Surgeon, Professor |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut, University of Virginia |
Cato T. Laurencin (born 1959), a professor and a surgeon, served as the Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Connecticut from 2008–2011. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, the Director of the Institute for Regenerative Engineering, and the Director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical, Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences at the University of Connecticut.
He is one of only 3 practicing orthopaedic surgeons in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. Laurencin was the first Orthopaedic Surgeon to achieve University Professor level rank in the country. He is the first surgeon in the U.S. to be elected to the Third World Academy of Sciences (of the six US members elected in the last two years, one third are Nobel prize winners). Dr. Laurencin is a member of both the Institutes of Medicine and the National Academy of Engineering.
Laurencin grew up in North Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School. Laurencin earned his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University and his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, where he was a magna cum laude graduate. During his medical school years, he also earned his Ph.D. in biochemical engineering from the MIT.
Laurencin joined the University of Connecticut Health Center from the University of Virginia, where he was the Lillian T. Pratt Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as the Orthopaedic Surgeon-in-Chief at the University of Virginia Health System. In addition, he was designated as a University Professor at the University of Virginia, one of the university’s most prestigious titles, and held professorships in Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering.
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