Robert Sah is Professor of the Department of Bioengineering and co-director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at UC San Diego. He received the B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and the Sc.D. in Medical Engineering from M.I.T.; and the M.D. from Harvard. After post-doctoral research at Massachusetts General Hospital; he joined UC San Diego Bioengineering in 1992. Dr. Sah’s research interests are the biomechanics; mechanobiology; and tissue engineering of cartilage; synovial fluid; and synovial joints with the ultimate goal of improving the treatment; diagnosis; and prevention of diseases of skeletal growth; injury; and degeneration; including osteoarthritis.