Elliot Chaikof MD, Ph.D.
Professor

School of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone:404-727-8413
Fax:404-727-3660
Location:EU: WMB - 5105
E-Mail: echaiko@emory.edu
URL: http://www.surgery.emory.edu/CHAIKOF/index.html

Areas of Research

• biomaterials
• cell transplantation
• cardiovascular tissue engineering
• cellular biomechanics

Educational Background

• B.A. Biology; BA-MD Program, Johns Hopkins University, 1979
• M.D. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1982
• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989

Selected Awards

• Member, National Institutes of Health, Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section, 2001-
• Dean's Clincal Investigator, Emory University School of Medicine, 2000-2003
• Member, Vascular Wall Biology I Study Section, American Heart Association, National Center, 1998
• Faculty Fellowship Award, American College of Surgeons, 1994-1996
• Clinician-Scientist Award, American Heart Association, 1994-1999

Selected Research Publications

• Huang, L., McMillan, R.A., Apkarian, R.P., Pourdeyhimi, R.P., Conticello, V.P., Chaikof, E.L. "Generation of synthetic elastin-mimetic small diameter fibers and fiber networks". Macromolecules, 33: 2989-2997, 2000
• Grande, D., Baskaran, S., Chaikof, E.L. "Glycosaminoglycan-mimetic biomaterials. 2. Alkene- and acrylate-derivatized glycopolymers by cyanoxyl-mediated free-radical polymerization". Macromolecules, 34: 1640-1646, 2001
• Orban J, Faucher K, Dluhy RA, Chaikof EL. Cytomimetic biomaterials. 4. In-situ photopolymerization of phospholipids on an alkylated surface. Macromolecules, 33(11); 4205-4212, 2000.