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Buddy Ratner is the Co-Director of the Center for Dialysis Innovation and serves as the Director of the Engineered Biomaterials Engineering Research Center, holding the Michael L. Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization at the University of Washington. He received his PhD in Polymer Chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. His expertise lies in biomaterials used in medical devices and implants, leading multiple bioengineering projects focused on tissues and organs in his lab. Ratner is a fellow and past president of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, among other prestigious organizations. With over 400 scholarly works and 30 issued patents, his research interests include enhancing the healing performance of implanted biomaterials and addressing the complications arising from medical devices. He has received numerous awards, including the Lifetime Innovator and Inventor Award from the University of Washington in 2014 and the Distinguished Service Award from the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry in 2015. His work aims to translate basic scientific discoveries into technologies that can improve the performance of medical devices through innovative engineering and material synthesis.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Buddy Ratner is a leading professor in the field of biomaterials and engineering research.
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