NESAC/BIO Investigator Buddy Ratner has been named as the 2014 UW School of Medicine Lifetime Inventor & Innovator for his pioneering work in biomaterials that has revolutionized knowledge in the field, defined new directions and made significant clinical impact.

Here is the link with more details:
http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/buddy-ratner-2014-school-of-medicine-lifetime-inventor-innovator/