Background
Laurencin, Cato Thomas was born on January 15, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Cyril Alexander and Helen Isabella (Moorehead) Laurencin.
Dean orthopaedic surgeon biomedical engineer
Laurencin, Cato Thomas was born on January 15, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Cyril Alexander and Helen Isabella (Moorehead) Laurencin.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, 1987.
Instructor biochemistry engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1987—1992. Clinical fellow in orthopaedic surgery Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, 1988—1989. Research scientist division of health sciences & technical Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1992—1997.
Adjunct professor biomedical engineering Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1994, research professor materials engineering, 1994, research professor chemical engineering, 1994—1998, vice chairman orthopaedic surgery & Helen I. Moorehead professor chemical engineering, 1998—2002. Associate professor orthopaedic surgery Hahnemann University School Medicine, 1994—1998, clinical associate professor orthopaedic surgery, 1998—2002, research professor pharmacology & physiology, 2000. Professor biomedical & chemical engineering, Lillian T. Pratt distinguished professor & chair orthopedic surgery University Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2003—2008.
Surgeon-in-chief University Virginia Health Systems. Vice president heath affairs University Connecticut, since 2008, Van Dusen endowed chair professor academic medicine, distinguished professor orthopedic surgery and chemical, biomolecular and materials engineering. Dean. University Connecticut School Medicine, since 2008.
Assistant director, clinical coordinator Harvard Health Professions Program, 1983-1985. Lowell Institute lecturer Suffolk University, Boston, 1991.
Fellow: biomedical Engineering Society, American Institute Medical and Biological Engineering (Pierre Galletti Award 2009), American Surgical Association, American Academy Orthopaedics Surgeons, American College Surgeons, Third World Academy of Sciences. Member: National Academy of Engineering (Presidential Excellence award), National Society Black Engineers, National Medical Association, Institute Medicine.