Michael J. Yaszemski, M.D., Ph.D.

Location: Minnesota

Primary Appointment
Orthopedic Surgery
Joint Appointment
Physiology and Biomedical Engineering
Academic Rank
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor of Orthopedics

Summary

Our Tissue Engineering and Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory investigates bone, cartilage, and spinal cord regeneration using synthetic polymeric scaffolds, cells, and controlled delivery of bioactive molecules. We are equipped to perform polymer synthesis and characterization, and scaffold fabrication utilizing injectable techniques and solid free form fabrication techniques. We culture cell-polymer constructs, study delivery kinetics of bioactive molecules from microparticles and microparticle-scaffold combinations, and study these scaffold-cell-biomolecule combinations in vivo. We investigate musculoskeletal sarcoma biology and work on the controlled local delivery of chemotherapeutic agents to osteosarcoma. We have a fully equipped molecular biology and bone histomorphometry laboratory. Our focus is on translational research for current clinical needs.

Recent publications

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Education

Senior Research Fellowship –
Center for Biotechnology Engineering, Northeastern University

Ph.D. – Major: Chemical Engineering
Thesis: ""A Temporary Replacement for Trabecular Bone: The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a Novel Degradable Polymeric Biomaterial.""
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Fellowship – Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Clinical Fellowship – Spine Surgery
Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Residency – Orthopaedic Surgery
Wilford Hall Medical Center, United States Air Force

Internship – General Surgery
Wilford Hall Medical Center, United States Air Force

M.D. –
Georgetown University School of Medicine

M.S. – Major: Chemical Engineering
Thesis: ""The Preparation And Characterization Of A Vinyl Acetate- Diallylamine Copolymer Latex To Be Used As An Immunological Reagent""
Lehigh University

B.S. – Major: Chemical Engineering
Lehigh University

Academic Affiliations
Biomedical Engineering Program

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