Dr. Stephen Badylak, D.V.M., Ph.D., M.D. is a Professor in the Department of Surgery, a deputy director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (MIRM), and Director of the Center for Pre-Clinical Tissue Engineering within the Institute.

In 1976, Dr. Badylak received his D.V.M. from Purdue University.  He then obtained an M.S. in Clinical Pathology from Purdue University in 1978, a Ph.D. in Anatomic Pathology from Purdue University in 1981 and graduated with highest honors with a M.D. from Indiana University Medical School in 1985.

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 as an Assistant Research Scholar at the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center in 1983, and subsequently 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 1993-1998. 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 his move to 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 U.S. patents, 200 patents worldwide, has authored more than 180 scientific publications and 12 book chapters. He has served as the Chair of the Purdue University Tissue Engineering Advisory Board, chair of the Study Section for the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and as chair of the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS) Study Section at NIH. Dr. Badylak has either chaired or been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board to several major medical device companies.

Dr. Badylak is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, a charter member of the Tissue Engineering Society International, and currently president-elect of the Tissue Engineering Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS). He is also a member of the Society for Biomaterials and the International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology (ISACB).   Dr. Badylak is the Associate Editor for Tissue Engineering for the journal Cells, Tissues, Organs.  

For his contributions to his field, he has been featured in several publications and has been the recipient of multiple awards, including the Sigma Xi Scientific Society 2002 Research Award, the Pittsburgh Business Times Hero in Health Care Innovation & Research for 2005, the 2005 and 2008 Carnegie Science Center Award for Excellence, and the 2005 Clemson Award from the Society for Biomaterials, and the Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award in 2008.

Dr. Badylak’s major research interests include:

• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
• Biomaterials and Biomaterial/Tissue interactions
• Vascular and Developmental Biology
• Orthopaedic Biology and Prostheses
• Biomedical Engineering as it Relates to Device Development and Biomaterials

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