McGowan Institute director is named Pittsburgh Inventor of the Year

William Wagner, director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and professor of surgery, bioengineering and chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, recently received the 2018 Inventor of the Year award by the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association.

The award recognizes the “positive, significant economic impact” the McGowan Institute has had within the western Pennsylvania region, including work in translating research from the bench to the bedside and developing technologies that address unmet clinical needs.

Wagner also co-founded Neograft Technologies, which is developing new treatment options for coronary artery bypass surgery, and has raised over $34 million in funding. Wagner has 26 issued patents and 27 additional patent filings to his name.