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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the understanding of the surface interactions of biological molecules and cells with medical implants.
  • 1996 - Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering
  • 1993 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Buddy D. Ratner is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio spanning Medicine, Engineering, and Materials Science. Their work prominently contributes to the subfields of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Biomaterials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Nephrology.

The research topics covered in Ratner's publications include:

  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Wound Healing and Treatments

Some of Ratner's recent papers include:

  • "Biocompatibility Evolves: Phenomenology to Toxicology to Regeneration," published in 2021 in Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • "Mesenchymal stromal cells from dermal and adipose tissues induce macrophage polarization to a pro-repair phenotype and improve skin wound healing," published in 2020 in Cytotherapy
  • "Photoreactive Carboxybetaine Copolymers Impart Biocompatibility and Inhibit Plasticizer Leaching on Polyvinyl Chloride," published in 2020 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Precision-porous polyurethane elastomers engineered for application in pro-healing vascular grafts: Synthesis, fabrication and detailed biocompatibility assessment," published in 2021 in Biomaterials
  • "Vascular Grafts: Technology Success/Technology Failure," published in 2022 in BME Frontiers

Ratner has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Biomaterials
  • Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ratner include:

  • Sharon A. Creason
  • Jonathan Himmelfarb
  • James D. Bryers
  • Le Zhen
  • William R. Wagner

Ratner's contributions have been recognized through multiple honors:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2002, for contributions to the understanding of the surface interactions of biological molecules and cells with medical implants
  • Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 1996
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 1993

Best Publications

  • Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine

    B. D. Ratner;Allan S. Hoffman;Frederick J. Schoen;Jack E. Lemons

  • BIOMATERIALS: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going

    Buddy D Ratner;Stephanie J Bryant

  • Biomedical surface science: Foundations to frontiers

    David G. Castner;Buddy D. Ratner

  • Zwitterionic hydrogels implanted in mice resist the foreign-body reaction

    Lei Zhang;Zhiqiang Cao;Tao Bai;Louisa Carr

  • Macrophage polarization: an opportunity for improved outcomes in biomaterials and regenerative medicine.

    Bryan N. Brown;Buddy D. Ratner;Stuart B. Goodman;Salomon Amar

  • Template-imprinted nanostructured surfaces for protein recognition

    Huaiqiu Shi;Wei-Bor Tsai;Michael D. Garrison;Sandro Ferrari

  • XPS O 1s binding energies for polymers containing hydroxyl, ether, ketone and ester groups

    Gabriel P. López;David G. Castner;Buddy D. Ratner

  • Proangiogenic scaffolds as functional templates for cardiac tissue engineering.

    Lauran R. Madden;Derek J. Mortisen;Eric M. Sussman;Sarah K. Dupras

  • Protein adsorption on oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayers: The molecular basis for nonfouling behavior.

    Lingyan Li;Shengfu Chen;Jie Zheng;Buddy D. Ratner

  • New ideas in biomaterials science--a path to engineered biomaterials.

    Buddy D. Ratner

  • Reducing capsular thickness and enhancing angiogenesis around implant drug release systems.

    Buddy D Ratner

  • Blood compatibility of surfaces with superlow protein adsorption.

    Zheng Zhang;Min Zhang;Shengfu Chen;Thomas A. Horbett

  • Porous Implants Modulate Healing and Induce Shifts in Local Macrophage Polarization in the Foreign Body Reaction

    Eric M. Sussman;Michelle C. Halpin;Jeanot Muster;Randall T. Moon

  • Differentiating calcium carbonate polymorphs by surface analysis techniques—an XPS and TOF‐SIMS study

    Ming Ni;Buddy D. Ratner

  • Surface modification of polymers: chemical, biological and surface analytical challenges

    Buddy D. Ratner

  • The catastrophe revisited: blood compatibility in the 21st Century.

    Buddy D. Ratner

  • Plasma gas discharge treatment for improving the biocompatibility of biomaterials

    Allan S. Hoffman;Andrew M. Garfinkle;Buddy D. Ratner;Stephen R. Hanson

  • Endothelial cell growth and protein adsorption on terminally functionalized, self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiolates on gold

    Caren D. Tidwell;Sylvie I. Ertel;Buddy D. Ratner;Barbara J. Tarasevich

  • Surface characterization of hydroxyapatite and related calcium phosphates by XPS and TOF-SIMS.

    Hongbo B. Lu;Charles T. Campbell;Daniel J. Graham;Buddy D. Ratner

  • Glucose-sensitive membranes containing glucose oxidase: activity, swelling, and permeability studies.

    Joseph Kost;Thomas A. Horbett;Buddy D. Ratner;Manindar Singh

  • Introduction to Biomaterials Science

    Buddy D. Ratner;Allan S. Hoffman;Frederick J. Schoen;Jack E. Lemons

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan S. Hoffman
Allan S. Hoffman University of Washington
David G. Castner
David G. Castner University of Washington
Ashutosh Chilkoti
Ashutosh Chilkoti Duke University
Cecilia M. Giachelli
Cecilia M. Giachelli University of Washington
Shaoyi Jiang
Shaoyi Jiang Cornell University
Karl F. Böhringer
Karl F. Böhringer University of Washington
Mário A. Barbosa
Mário A. Barbosa University of Porto
Frederick J. Schoen
Frederick J. Schoen Brigham and Women's Hospital
Yael Hanein
Yael Hanein Tel Aviv University
E. Helene Sage
E. Helene Sage Benaroya Research Institute

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