Dr. Rocky Tuan delivered his Inaugural Distinguished Professorship Lecture on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Dr. Tuan was introduced by Dean Arthur Levine, Provost Patricia Beeson, and Chancellor Patrick Gallagher.
Dr. Tuan presented “Adult Stem Cells and Biomimetic Matrices for Tissue Engineering and Modeling: Repair, Restore, and Re-create.”
Dr. Tuan is a Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Director of the Cellular and Molecular Engineering Lab. He is also the Executive Vice Chairman for Orthopaedic Research and serves as the Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. Chair Professor in Sports Medicine. He is the Associate Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Director for the Center for Military Research. He also holds a secondary appointment as a Professor within the Department of Bioengineering.