THEODORE R. OEGEMA, JR.

Professor Contact Info: Rush University 402 Senn 1653 W. Congress Pkwy. Chicago, IL 60612 Phone: (312) 942-2711 Email: ted_oegema@rush.edu

Professional Preparation Hope College, Chemistry/Biochemistry, B.A., 1967 University of Michigan, Biochemistry, Ph.D., 1972 University of Michigan, Dental Research Institute, Oral Biology, 1972-1975 Professional Appointments Director, MD/PhD Program, UMN, 2001-2002 Member, University Senate, UMN, 1999-2002 (2nd term) Associate Director, MD/PhD Program, UMN, 1998-2001 Director, Graduate Studies, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UMN, 1993-2002 Professor, Biochemistry, UMN, 1987-2002 Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UMN, 1987-2002 Associate Professor, Biochemistry, UMN, 1980-1987 Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UMN, 1980-1987 Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, UMN, 1975-1980 Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UMN, 1975-1980 Selected Publications T.S. Girton, T.R. Oegema, E.D. Grassl, B.C. Isenberg, R.T. Tranquillo, "Mechanisms of Stiffening and Strengthening in Media-Equivalents Fabricated Using Glycation," J. Biomech. Eng. (special issue) 122, 216 (2000) T.R. Oegema, L.B. Deloria, M.M. Fedewa, J.C. Bischof, J.L. Lewis, "A Simple Cryopreservation Method for the Maintenance of Cell Viability and Mechanical Integrity of a Cultured Cartilage Analog," Cryobiology 40, 370 (2000) T.S. Girton, T.R. Oegema, Jr., R.T. Tranquillo, "Exploiting Glycation to Stiffen and Strengthen Tissue-Equivalents for Tissue Engineering," J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 46, 87 (1999) N.K. Simha, M. Fedewa, P.H. Leo, J.L. Lewis, T. Oegema, "Stiffness of Cartilage Culture Tissue: Comparison of a Micro/Macro Theory with Experiment," J. Biomechanics 32, 503 (1999) M.M. Fedewa, T.R. Oegema, Jr., M.H. Schwartz, A. MacLeod, J.L. Lewis, "Chondrocytes in Culture Produce a Mechanically Functional Tissue," J. Orthop Res. 16, 227 (1998) T.R. Oegema, Jr., J.L. Lewis, R.C. Thompson, Jr., "Role of Acute Trauma in Development of Osteoarthritis," Agents and Actions 40, 220 (1993) T.R. Oegema, R.C. Thompson, "Metabolism of Chondrocytes Derived From Normal and Osteoarthritic Human Cartilage," in Articular Cartilage Biochemistry, eds., K. Kuettner and V. Hascall, Raven Press, New York, pp. 257-271 (1986) Selected Awards Volvo Award, 1983 Kappa Delta Young Investigators Award, 1981 NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Univ. of Michigan, 1968 –1971 NIH Trainee, Univ. of Michigan, 1967 –1968 NSF Undergraduate Fellow, Hope College, 1965 –1967 General Motors Scholarship, Hope College, 1963 –1967 Hope College Faculty Honors, Hope College Chemistry Dept. Honors Synergistic Activities Grant Review Committee, NIH Orthopaedics Study Section, Washington, D.C., 2000-2003 Chairman of Organizing Committee, Combined Meeting of the Japanese, Canadian, European, and US Orthopaedic Research Societies, San Diego, CA, 1995 Grant Review Committee, NIH General Med. A Study Section, 1991 –1995 President, Orthopaedic Research Society, 1990 Chair, Gordon Conference on “Proteoglycans,” 1990 Associate Editor, Connective Tissue Research, 1988-present