The Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named Savio L-Y. Woo, Ph.D., D. Sc.(Hon.), D. Eng. (Hon.) the 2012 recipient of the prestigious IEEE Gold Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. The IEEE Gold Medal is presented for outstanding contributions and/or innovations in engineering within the fields of medicine, biology and healthcare technology, and is sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS).

Dr. Woo is a Distinguished University Professor of Bioengineering and the Founder and Director of the Musculoskeletal Research Center (MSRC) of the Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He was recognized by the IEEE for “pivotal contributions to biomechanics and its application to orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine.”

“Savio Woo is a great scientist and engineer.  This award, the 2012 IEEE Gold Medal of Innovations in Healthcare Technology could not go to a more deserving person,” noted Gerald D. Holder, the Swanson School U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering. “Dr. Woo has previously been awarded the Olympic Gold Medal in Sports Medicine, the only engineer ever to be so recognized, and this award cements his status as one of the leading healthcare engineers in the world.”