Congratulations to Guillermo Ameer for His Election to the National Academy of Medicine
From the National Academy of Medicine News, October 18, 2021:
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today announced the election of 90 regular members and 10 international members during its annual meeting. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
New members are elected by current members through a process that recognizes individuals who have made major contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health. A diversity of talent among NAM’s membership is assured by its Articles of Organization, which stipulate that at least one-quarter of the membership is selected from fields outside the health professions — for example, from such fields as law, engineering, social sciences, and the humanities.
Read the full article from NAM here
Guillermo Ameer, ScD, Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has been elected as a regular member today: For pioneering contributions to regenerative engineering and medicine through the development, dissemination, and translation of citrate-based biomaterials, a new class of biodegradable polymers that enabled the commercialization of innovative medical devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in a variety of surgical procedures.
From Feinberg's announcement:
Ameer’s laboratory is dedicated to the development of biomaterials and nanotechnology for regenerative engineering and medicine, specifically tissue engineering, medical devices, drug delivery and cell delivery applications, to improve surgical outcomes and patient care.
He is also the founding director of Northwestern’s Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering, integrates convergence research, education, technology development and clinical expertise to improve the outcomes of wound care and tissue and organ reconstruction surgeries. He is also director of the recently established Regenerative Engineering Training Program at McCormick, supported by the National Institutes of Health.
“This honor, which also belongs to my multidisciplinary research team, certainly validates the importance of regenerative engineering and biomaterials research in improving the outcomes of healthcare delivery and enabling the widespread practice of regenerative medicine. It will help me continue to translate our research into frameworks, tools, and technologies that are useful to fellow researchers, clinical practitioners and the community in general,” Ameer said.
His laboratory is widely recognized for pioneering regenerative biomaterials based on a novel class of biodegradable polymers containing citrate, and using them to regenerate a variety of tissues and organs. Citrate-based polymers were initially developed by Ameer’s team almost 20 years ago for applications in vascular and orthopaedic tissue engineering.
Read the full article by Melissa Rohman here.