For five decades, 645 of us (engineers, biologists, physicians, surgeons and staff members) worked together seamlessly to perform cutting-edge, clinically relevant research.
We are known for:
I. Our pioneering work on 1) biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of ligaments and tendons, 2) robotics based (in-vitro and in-vivo) joint mechanics and function, and 3) bioscaffold and degradable metallic material (Magnesium) to heal and regenerate of ligaments and tendons – from the molecular, cellular, tissue, and joint levels.
II. Successfully educated students and fellows. All have gone on to important careers. Our proudest accomplishment was that each and every undergraduate who desired to matriculate to a medical school had successfully enrolled and earned his/her M.D degree (100%).
III. Earned a national and international reputation of excellence for our translational work – applying our basic scientific knowledge to benefit patients! “Controlled Motion is Good!”
IV. Proudly served the orthopaedic sports medicine and biomechanics communities by playing leadership roles in professional organizations including ISL&T, WACBE, ORS, BMES, ASME, ASB, USNCB, WCB, AOSSM, AANA, ISAKOS, ISFR, ESSKA, AAOS, Magellan, Herodicus and so on.
This updated website will now feature a number of our outstanding fellows and students. Not only do we want to celebrate their many accomplishments, but also to use this platform to establish (and re-establish) connections amongst ourselves.
Savio L-Y. Woo, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon), D.Eng. (Hon)
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
Founding Director, Musculoskeletal Research Center
University of Pittsburgh
Formerly,
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Director, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory
University of California, San Diego
Congratulations to Dr. Yuhua Song who has been promoted to Full Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham effective October 1, 2022. Dr. Song was previously served as a post-doctoral for Read more…
OBL and MSRC alumni Karen Ohland has officially begun her term as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 141st President, effective July 1. Karen was Dr. Woo’s laboratory manager at UCSD and helped make Read more…
Dr. Savio L-Y. Woo, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the Musculoskeletal Research Center in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh has been selected as a 2022 Honorary Member of Read more…
Carol Frey, MD one of the many doctors who spent time as Dr. Woo’s fellow at UCSD is pleased to announce her husband, Keith Feder, MD won the AAOS Humanitarian award this year. Dr. Feder Read more…
We would like to extend our congratulations to Dr. Arun Shanbhag who was named Dean, Faculty of Engineering at Manipal University Jaipur in Dahmi Kalan, India. Dr. Shanbhag will lead a 250+ Engineering faculty that Read more…
In January 2020, a small team from the University of Pittsburgh embarked on a journey to record the oral history of alumni and faculty to mark the 175th anniversary of the Swanson School of Engineering. Initially Read more…