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Peter R. Cavanagh, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Professor; Endowed Chair in Women's Sports Medicine and Lifetime Fitness
Adjunct, BioEngineering
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Specialty:
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| College: | Loughborough College, UK
University of London, Royal Free Medical School, UK | | Honors: | - 1983 Fellow,
American College of Sports Medicine
- 1987 Wolffe
Lecturer of the American
College of Sports
Medicine
- 1987 Muybridge
Medal of the International Society of Biomechanics
- 1990 Honorary
Member, American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society
- 1994 Borelli
Award of the American Society for Biomechanics
- 1995 President,
International Society of Biomechanics
- 1997 Citation
Award, American College of Sports Medicine
- 2000 Honorary
Member, Société Française de Médecine et Chirurgie du Pied
- 2001 D.B.
Dill Historical Lecturer of the American
College of Sports
Medicine
- 2001 Geoffrey
Dyson Award Lecturer of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports
- 2002 Pecoraro
Award Lecturer, American Diabetes Association, Council on Foot Care
- 2006 Jim
Hay Memorial Lecturer, American Society of Biomechanics
- 2007 Laurence
R. Young Space Biomedical Research Award, NASA/NSBRI
- 2007 The
International Diabetic Foot Award
- 2008 Honorary
Member, International Society of Biomechanics
- 2009 Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacy in
Amputation Prevention
| | Memberships: |
American College of Sports Medicine
- Fellow 1983-date
- Member, Board of Trustees 1987-1990
American Diabetes Association
- Chair, Council on Foot Care 1997-1999
American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society
- Honorary Member 1990-present
American Society of Biomechanics
- President Elect 1986
- President 1986-1987
- Executive Board 1986-1988
- American Society of Bone and Mineral Research 1998-present
- Chilean Society of Endocrinology and Diabetes 2005-present
- International Academy of Astronautics 2007-present
International Society of Biomechanics
- General Secretary 1992-1993
- President 1996-1997
- Orthopedic Research Society 1987-present
- IOC Olympic Academy for Sport Sciences 2000-present
| | Appointment request information (web, phone, fax): | Phone: 206.221.2845
FAX: 206.685.3139 | | Research Interests: |
Dr. Cavanagh holds
the Endowed Chair in Women's Sports Medicine and Lifetime Fitness and he is
building a research and education program on the bone and joint health of
active women. His other research
interests include lower extremity biomechanics, athletic footwear, bone loss during
long duration spaceflight, bone health in women on earth, and the foot
complications of diabetes. He is the
principal investigator of an experiment that was recently completed on-board
the International Space Station and his latest book, Bone Loss During Spaceflight, was published in 2007 by the
Cleveland Clinic Press. He has authored, coauthored, or edited over 400 papers,
abstracts, chapters, and books and has mentored more than 70 graduate students
and postdoctoral fellows.
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An interview with Rick Matsen, M.D.
Dr Matsen has dedicated his entire professional life to developing excellence in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington. Starting with his residency here in 1971 he developed an interest in shoulder and elbow reconstruction. A fellowship with the father of modern shoulder surgery, Dr Charles S. Neer II confirmed his lifetime commitment to improving the art of care of patients with simple and complex problems involving the shoulder and elbow.
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