Ralph Greco M.D.

Greco, Ralph
Position Department / Business Unit
Professor of Surgery; Division Head, General Surgery
Institution Disciplines
Stanford University
City State / Provence
Stanford CA
Country Website
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Application of Micro/Nanotechnology to Biological Systems.

Dr. Ralph Greco is Professor and Division Head of General Surgery at Stanford University. In collaboration with Mechanical Engineering and the Stanford Rapid Prototyping facility, he is studying methods to use nanoscale technology to fabricate new biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Education

Fordham University, 1964, B.S.; Yale Medical School, 1968, M.D.

Awards

The Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) 2006; Outstanding Attending Physician Teaching Award, UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Surgical House Staff, 1995-1996 and 1999-2000; The Wakely Prize - Runner up, The Lancet, 1997.

Important Articles

Micro Fabrication Technology for Biodegradable Polymers for Interconnecting Microstructures, 2006; Nanotechnology Applied to Biological Systems, 2004; Neutrophil survival on biomaterials is determined by surface topography, 2003.

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