J. Peter Rubin, MD, is Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Grinnell College and his M.D. degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed a categorical residency training program in general surgery at Boston University/Boston City Hospital. He took time away from the clinic to pursue a two year fellowship in surgical basic science at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. During this research sabbatical, he studied tissue engineering and transplantation immunology. After graduating from general surgery residency, he completed a 3 year residency in plastic surgery at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rubin then joined the faculty of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds a faculty appointment with the McGowan Institute of Regenerative Medicine. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Society, Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
In addition to his active clinical program in plastic and reconstructive surgery, Dr. Rubin developed a basic science research program in the biology of adipose derived stem cells and serves as co-director of the Adipose Stem Cell Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the principal investigator in an NIH funded line of research aimed at developing cell based methods for clinical soft tissue reconstruction after cancer therapy. He directs a related line of research aimed at soft tissue reconstruction for injured soldiers as an investigator for the Department of Defense Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine. His many scientific leadership positions include past president of the International Society of Adipose Therapeutics and Science and current Chairman of the Plastic Surgery Research Council.
Dr. Rubin has received numerous awards for his research work, including the highly competitive Gingrass Award from the Plastic Surgery Research Council. He is the recipient of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons Academic Scholar Award, and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Basic and Translational Science. In 2007, Dr. Rubin was selected to receive a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The Presidential Award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their research careers. It is intended to recognize and nurture some of the finest scientists who show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge during the twenty-first century.View Publications
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Dr. J. Peter Rubin
Phone: 412-648-9670