Michael S. Sacks PhD

Professor Sacks is a world authority on cardiovascular modeling and simulation, particularly on developing patient-specific, simulation-based approaches for the understanding and treatment of heart and heart valve diseases. Dr. Sacks was technical editor of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, an inaugural fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society, a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He has received several awards, including the Van C. Mow Medal from the ASME Bioengineering Division, the 2008 Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award of the University of Pittsburgh, the 2008 Richard Skalak Distinguished Lectureship from Columbia University, and the 2008 SKT Lectureship from the City College of New York. In December 2006, Sacks was selected as one of the “Scientific American” 50 leaders in science and technology.