Tony Keaveny Chancellors Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering 6175 Etcheverry Hall mailcode: MC 1740 (510) 643-8017 fax: (510) 642-6163 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it http://www.me.berkeley.edu/faculty/keaveny.html

Joined the UC Berkeley Faculty in 1993

Research Interests

Biomechanics of cortical and trabecular bone; design of spine prostheses; bone fracture and osteoporosis; tissue engineering of bone.

Education

1991    Ph.D., Cornell University, Mechanical Engineering

Major Awards

1992–1998     NIH FIRST Award
1996–2000         NSF CAREER Award
1996     Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award, Bioengineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2000     Samuel Haughton Silver Medal, Bioengineering Section of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland.
2004    Gordon Bell Prize for Extreme Performance in Supercomputing
2006    Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Professional Experience

1990-1997    Maurice E. Müller Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth     Israel Hospital, Boston, MA

1991-1993     Senior Research Associate, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA

1992-1993     HST-affiliated faculty member, Harvard University-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA

1993-1997     Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1993-1998    Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ceramic Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

1999-2001    Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1994-present     Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA

1993-present     Director, Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA

1993-present     Faculty member of the Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley-UCSF, San Francisco, CA

1997-2001     Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA

2001-present    Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Selected Publications

Crawford RP, Cann CE, and Keaveny TM Finite element models predict in vitro vertebral body compressive strength better than quantitative computed tomography. Bone, 33:744-750, 2003.

Morgan EF Bayraktar HH, Yeh OC, Majumdar S, Burghardt AJ, and Keaveny TM: Contribution of inter-site variations in architecture to trabecular bone apparent yield strains. Journal of Biomechanics 37: 1413-20, 2004.

Hernandez CJ, Tang SY, Baumbach BM, Hwu PB, Sakkee AN, van der Ham F, Degroot J, Bank RA, and Keaveny TM: Pyridinium and non-enzymatic glycation mediated collagen cross-links and trabecular microfracture, Bone, 37:825-832, 2005.

Bevill G, Eswaran SK, Gupta A, Papapodoulos P, and Keaveny TM: Influence of bone volume fraction and architecture on computed large-deformation failure mechanisms in human trabecular bone. Bone, 39: 1218-1225, 2006.


Keaveny TM, Donley DW, Hoffmann PF, Mitlak BH, Glass EV, and San Martin JA: Effects of teriparatide and alendronate on vertebral strength as assessed by finite element modeling of QCT scans in women with osteoporosis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 22: 149-157, 2007.