Michael Longaker
Plastic surgeon
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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]
Michael T. Longaker | |
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| Awards | Society of University Surgeons Lifetime Achievement Award[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford Diabetes Research Center (2018-) |
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
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
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]