CTEC's Organizational Structure

Leadership Team

George Muschler, M.D.
CTEC Director
Director, Orthopaedic Research Center
Vice Chairman, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, CCF
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Arnold Caplan, Ph.D.
CTEC Co-Director
Director, Skeletal Research Center, CWRU
Professor of Biology, CWRU
Professor of Medical Sciences in Oncology, CWRU

Steven Boyce, Ph.D.
CTEC Co-Director
Director, Skin Substitutes Laboratory, Shriners Burns Hospital
Professor of Surgery, University of Cincinnati

Elizabeth Sump
CTEC Executive Director

Internal Advisory Board

Paul DiCorleto, Ph.D — Chairman, Lerner Research Institute, CCF
Stan Gerson, M.D. — Director, NCRM and CSCRM
Joseph Iannotti, M.D., Ph.D. — Chairman, Orthopaedic Surgery, CCF
Kevin Cooper, M.D. — Chairman, Dermatology, UH
Linda Graham, Ph.D. — Chairman, Biomed Eng, CCF
Patrick Crago, Ph.D. — Chairman, Biomed Eng, Case
Joseph Jankowski, Ph.D. — Asst. V.P., Biomed. Sciences, Case Tech Transfer
Chris Coburn — Executive Director, CCF Innovations
Arnold Caplan, Ph.D.
George Muschler, M.D
Steven Boyce, Ph.D.

Commercialization Advisory Board

Cheryl Blanchard, Ph.D. — Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
James E. Kemler — Stryker Corp.
JoAnn Boland — Becton, Dickinson and Company
Jack Parr, Ph.D. — Wright Medical Group Inc.
Scott Bruder, M.D., Ph.D. — DePuy, Inc.
Joseph B. Richey, II — Invacare Corp.
Peter Johnson, M.D. — Scintellix LLC
John Wozney, Ph. D. — Wyeth Research/Genetics Inst.

Scientific Advisory Board

Endre A. Balazs, M.D. — Matrix Biology Institute
Robert Langer, Ph.D. — MIT, Department of Chemical Engineering
Antonios Mikos, Ph.D. — Rice University, Department of Bioengineering
Alan Grodzinsky, Ph.D. — MIT, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Glenn D. Prestwich, Ph.D. — University of Utah, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Ernst Hunziker, M.D. — University of Bern, ITI Institute for Dental and Skeletal Biology
Zena Werb, Ph.D. — UCSF, Department of Anatomy
James G. Wright, M.D. — Univ. of Toronto, Department of Surgery