Michael T. Longaker | |
|---|---|
| Awards | Society of University Surgeons Lifetime Achievement Award[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford Diabetes Research Center (2018-) |
Michael T. Longaker is an American medical researcher and board-certified plastic surgeon. He has been a member of the Stanford Diabetes Research Center since 2018. He is the Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and by courtesy a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.[2]
He is a co-founder of the medical research venture capital fund TauTona Group, as well as of biotechnology companies Arresto Biosciences and Neodyne Biosciences.[3]
Education
[edit]Longaker attended Michigan State University and Harvard Medical School. After obtaining degrees at both schools, he went on to become a resident at the University of California, San Francisco. He studied wound healing in the unborn fetus under Michael R. Harrison.[4]
At Michigan State, he was on the 1977-78, 1978-79, and 1979–80 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, where he played as a guard.[5][6]
Career
[edit]Longaker has worked in research on organ development,[7] but has been more involved in the science of wound healing[8][9] since the 1990s.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 ASC Recap: LTAA Winner Michael Longaker, MD, MBA". susweb.org. Los Angeles: Society of University Surgeons. March 11, 2020. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025.
- ^ "Dr. Michael T. Longaker". Stanford University. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ^ "Michael Longaker, MD". Tautona Group. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ^ Baker, Monya (2007). "A conversation with Michael Longaker, director of children's surgical research at Stanford University Medical Center". Nature Reports Stem Cells. doi:10.1038/stemcells.2007.58.
- ^ Baker, Rachel (March 20, 2019). "From March Madness to medicine with help from mentors". stanford.edu. Stanford: Stanford School of Medicine. Archived from the original on April 25, 2025. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- ^ Austin, Kyle (July 13, 2020). "Michael Longaker won a national title at Michigan State, then dove into the world of medicine". MLive.com. Grand Rapids: MLive Media Group. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
- ^ Seydel, Caroline (2001). "Organs Await Blood Vessels' Go Signal". Science. 293 (5539): 2365. doi:10.1126/science.293.5539.2365a. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 3084857.
- ^ "About the Guest Editors | Molecular mechanisms of wound healing and fibrosis". www.nature.com. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ^ Gurtner, Geoffrey C.; Werner, Sabine; Barrandon, Yann; Longaker, Michael T. (2008). "Wound repair and regeneration". Nature. 453 (7193): 314–321. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..314G. doi:10.1038/nature07039. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 18480812.
- ^ Couzin, Jennifer (2006). "Bone Disease Gene Finally Found". Science. 312 (5773): 514–515. doi:10.1126/science.312.5773.514b. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 3845908. PMID 16645061.
- ^ Longaker, Michael T.; Bouhana, Karyn S.; Harrison, Michael R.; Danielpour, David; Roberts, Anita B.; Banda, Michael J. (1994). "Wound healing in the fetus". Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2 (2): 104–112. doi:10.1046/j.1524-475X.1994.20204.x. ISSN 1524-475X. PMID 17134379.
