Joseph P. Vacanti, MD, FACS, receives 2015 Jacobson Innovation Award

Dr. Vacanti became a 2011 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate in the field of physiology or medicine. Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates are an elite group of highly cited, high-impact researchers, who are likely contenders for other awards in the future, including the Nobel Prize.

Dr. Vacanti also received the William E. Ladd Medal in 2013, which is the highest honor awarded by the surgical section of the American Academy of Pediatrics and considered by many to be the most prestigious award in the field of pediatric surgery.