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Michael Longaker

Michael T. Longaker is an American medical researcher and board-certified plastic surgeon. He has been a member of the Stanford Diabetes Research Center since 2018. He is the Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and by courtesy a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Michael T. Longaker
AwardsSociety of University Surgeons Lifetime Achievement Award1
Scientific career
InstitutionsStanford Diabetes Research Center (2018-)

Michael T. Longaker is an American medical researcher and board-certified plastic surgeon. He has been a member of the Stanford Diabetes Research Center since 2018. He is the Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and by courtesy a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.2

He is a co-founder of the medical research venture capital fund TauTona Group, as well as of biotechnology companies Arresto Biosciences and Neodyne Biosciences.3

Education

Longaker attended Michigan State University and Harvard Medical School. After obtaining degrees at both schools, he went on to become a resident at the University of California, San Francisco. He studied wound healing in the unborn fetus under Michael R. Harrison.4

At Michigan State, he was on the 1977-78, 1978-79, and 1979–80 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, where he played as a guard.56

Career

Longaker has worked in research on organ development,7 but has been more involved in the science of wound healing89 since the 1990s.1011

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References

  1. "2020 ASC Recap: LTAA Winner Michael Longaker, MD, MBA". susweb.org. Los Angeles: Society of University Surgeons. March 11, 2020. Archived from the original on July 12, 2025.
  2. "Dr. Michael T. Longaker". Stanford University. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  3. "Michael Longaker, MD". Tautona Group. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  4. Baker, Monya (2007). "A conversation with Michael Longaker, director of children's surgical research at Stanford University Medical Center". Nature Reports Stem Cells. doi:10.1038/stemcells.2007.58.
  5. Baker, Rachel (March 20, 2019). "From March Madness to medicine with help from mentors". stanford.edu. Stanford: Stanford School of Medicine. Archived from the original on April 25, 2025. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  6. Austin, Kyle (July 13, 2020). "Michael Longaker won a national title at Michigan State, then dove into the world of medicine". MLive.com. Grand Rapids: MLive Media Group. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  7. Seydel, Caroline (2001). "Organs Await Blood Vessels' Go Signal". Science. 293 (5539): 2365. doi:10.1126/science.293.5539.2365a. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 3084857.
  8. "About the Guest Editors | Molecular mechanisms of wound healing and fibrosis". www.nature.com. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  9. Gurtner, Geoffrey C.; Werner, Sabine; Barrandon, Yann; Longaker, Michael T. (2008). "Wound repair and regeneration". Nature. 453 (7193): 314–321. Bibcode:2008Natur.453..314G. doi:10.1038/nature07039. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 18480812.
  10. Couzin, Jennifer (2006). "Bone Disease Gene Finally Found". Science. 312 (5773): 514–515. doi:10.1126/science.312.5773.514b. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 3845908. PMID 16645061.
  11. Longaker, Michael T.; Bouhana, Karyn S.; Harrison, Michael R.; Danielpour, David; Roberts, Anita B.; Banda, Michael J. (1994). "Wound healing in the fetus". Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2 (2): 104–112. doi:10.1046/j.1524-475X.1994.20204.x. ISSN 1524-475X. PMID 17134379.