Alan Litsky

Alan S. Litsky is an associate professor of orthopaedics and biomedical engineering at The Ohio State University, where he directs the Orthopaedic BioMaterials Laboratory and serves as director of orthopaedic research, working at the intersection of materials science and clinical medicine to improve implants and bone fixation. Litsky holds both an M.D. and a Sc.D. — the latter earned at MIT in 1982, supported by a Hertz Fellowship, where his thesis examined reduced-modulus acrylic bone cement. He completed his undergraduate education at Princeton University. His research spans the mechanical and biological behavior of musculoskeletal materials, with particular focus on orthopedic biomaterials, fracture fixation, and the design and evaluation of implants for joint replacement and bone repair.