{"id":247117,"date":"2026-06-03T13:43:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=247117"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:43:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:43:33","slug":"professor-sir-cato-t-laurencin-presents-groundbreaking-study-at-the-association-of-bone-and-joint-surgeons-annual-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/06\/professor-sir-cato-t-laurencin-presents-groundbreaking-study-at-the-association-of-bone-and-joint-surgeons-annual-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin Presents Groundbreaking Study at the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Annual Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laurencin presented his paper entitled<em> A Light Soft Actuated Bionic Regenerative Engineering (Light Sabre) Brace System Promotes Cartilage Regeneration and Supports Reversal of Pathology in a Rabbit Model of Osteoarthritis<\/em> in the Sports Medicine segment of the Scientific Program session.<\/p>\n<p>Laurencin\u2019s impactful presentation highlighted an entirely new treatment for knee pain and osteoarthritis. The study showed how the use of brace could reverse knee osteoarthritis in an animal model.<\/p>\n<p>A practicing shoulder and knee surgeon, he is the University Professor at UConn and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at UConn School of Medicine, and the CEO of The Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering, a cross-university Institute created and named in his honor. Previously, he was Lillian T. Pratt Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgeon in Chief at the University of Virginia Health System.<\/p>\n<p>Laurencin is the first to receive the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeon\u2019s Nicolas Andry Lifetime Achievement Award, the Marshal Urist Award from Orthopaedic Research Society, the Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Orthopaedic Association Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award with induction into the American Orthopaedic Association Awards Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>He was ranked as the number 1 orthopaedic surgeon in the United States by Scholar GPS. He has been selected to America\u2019s Top Doctor\u2019s for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Laurencin is the first surgeon in history elected to all four major U.S. national academies. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine, as well as an elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He is also an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Sir Cato T. 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