Constance R. Chu, M.D., is director of the Cartilage Restoration Program at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon with subspecialization in joint replacement and cartilage repair at
UPMC Shadyside. Dr. Chu is one of only a handful of board certified orthopaedic surgeons conducting research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Her cartilage research program is recognized internationally for innovative research integrating cellular and molecular biology along with advanced and novel imaging technologies to study cartilage degeneration, repair and regeneration. In just the first two months of 2006 alone, 22 abstracts from her laboratory have been accepted or presented at prestigious international meetings such as the International Cartilage Repair Society, the Orthopaedic Research Society, and Regenerate.
Dr. Chu is uniquely qualified to lead groundbreaking research in the challenging field of cartilage regeneration and osteoarthritis. She graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1983 to become the first Chinese-American woman to graduate from West Point. After distinguished military service, Dr. Chu began her medical career and graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1992. She completed her orthopedic residency at the University of California San Diego and returned to Harvard for subspecialty training in joint replacement and cartilage repair at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is tenure stream faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.