Myron Spector, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Tissue Engineering
Education/Training
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh , PA B.S. 1967 Civil Engr./Materials
Carnegie-Mellon University M.S. 1969 Civil Engr./Materials
Carnegie-Mellon University Ph.D. 1971 Civil Engr./Biotechnology
Positions and Employment
1972-1974 Assistant Professor of Biomedical and Civil Engineering, Clemson University
1974-1982 Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Biological and Physical Sciences and Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina , Charleston , SC
1982-1987 Professor of Orthopaedics and Assoc. Prof. of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta , GA
1987-present Director of Orthopedic Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital
1987-2002 Director, Rehabilitation Engineering R&D Laboratory, Boston VA Healthcare System, West Roxbury Campus
1987-1992 Lecturer in Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
1991-1993 Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1991-present Lecturer, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993-present Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Biomaterials), Harvard Medical School
1993-present Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, MIT
2002-present Director, Tissue Engineering, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston Campus
Other Experience and Professional Memberships (Selected)
1991-1997 Food and Drug Administration General and Plastic Surgery Devices Advisory Panel (Chairman, 1993-1997)
1998-2001 Guest Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China
Honors
2001 Elizabeth Winston-Lanier Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons/Orthopaedic Research Society for the work entitled, “Expression of Muscle Actin in and Contraction of Chondrocytes, Osteoblasts, and Musculoskeletal Tissue Fibroblasts.”
2002 Clemson Award for Applied Biomaterials Research. Highest award in this category given by the Society for Biomaterials.
2004 John Charnley Award for 2004 from the Hip Society for the work entitled, "The Role of Joint Fluid in the Tribology of Total Joint Arthroplasty." Highest research award given by this prestigious society.