{"id":156191,"date":"2019-11-04T10:09:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=156191"},"modified":"2019-11-04T10:23:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:23:41","slug":"surgical-excellence-runs-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/11\/surgical-excellence-runs-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgical Excellence Runs in the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Dr. Samuel Laurencin, 36, chief resident in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UConn School of Medicine and a rising star in the field. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Samuel Laurencin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also happens to be the nephew of world renowned orthopedic surgeon and physician-scientist Dr. Cato T. Laurencin who serves as University Professor at UConn and the Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UConn Health<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

After completing his UConn residency training this summer, Samuel is headed to Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital for a one-year fellowship in adult reconstruction surgery. <\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel says his hands-on part-time working experience in his talented uncle\u2019s innovative research laboratory while in high school inspired his career in orthopedic surgery. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFortunately, having Dr. Laurencin as a family member and mentor helped shaped my career aspirations,\u201d shared Samuel. \u201cVolunteering in my uncle’s research lab inspired me to study biomaterials for musculoskeletal\u00a0applications and allowed me to see first-hand the intersection between engineering and medicine, particularly orthopedic surgery.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel\u2019s career plans are to\u00a0practice in an academic setting as a physician-scientist. He plans to explore regenerative engineering while practicing as an orthopedic surgeon specializing in joint replacement. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Cato T. Laurencin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI plan to remain committed to teaching and community outreach during my career,\u201d says Samuel.\u00a0\u201cMost admirable is Dr. Laurencin’s commitment to his family. Thus my main goal in life is to remain a supportive husband to my wife of 5 years \u2013 Nicole – and a good father to our 3 year old\u00a0daughter Olivia and newborn son, Julian.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

According to Samuel, training at UConn has been a phenomenal experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHaving the chance to operate with my uncle and be mentored has been an experience I will always cherish,\u201d stressed Samuel. <\/span><\/p>\n

Samuel is from Philadelphia and attended Drexel University where he completed his bachelor of science, masters of science, and Ph.D. in chemical engineering, along with his medical degree. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meet Dr. Samuel Laurencin, 36, chief resident in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at UConn School of Medicine and a rising star in the field. Surgical excellence runs strong in his family. Learn more about Samuel and how he was inspired by his uncle, Dr. Cato T. Laurencin. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":156193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1866,1868],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-156191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engr","category-meds"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 10:36:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/156193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156191"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=156191"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=156191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}