Harvey Borovetz

Dr. Harvey Borovetz is a Distinguished Professor and former Chair in the Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and the Robert L. Hardesty Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 

Within the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Borovetz held the position of Deputy Director of Artificial Organs and Medical Devices for over 20-years. 

After receiving his BA in Physics from Brandeis University, Dr. Borovetz went on to earn an MS and a PhD degree, both in bioengineering, from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Borovetz's current research interests are focused on the design and clinical utilization of cardiovascular organ replacements for both adult and pediatric patients. 

Since 1986, Dr. Borovetz has served as the academic liaison for the University's Clinical Bioengineering Program in Mechanical Circulatory Support. This program supports patients who are implanted with a left ventricular assist device, or bi-ventricular assist devices, as a bridge to cardiac transplantation or bridge to recovery. This work in mechanical circulatory support follows Dr. Borovetz's early efforts in which he helped cardiac surgeons apply extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to treat successfully a large series of neonates in respiratory distress. 

Dr. Borovetz holds 7 patents and is the author on hundreds of journal articles, abstracts, proceedings papers, monographs, and book chapters. In 1999 and 2000, Dr. Borovetz spent one-half time at the NIH, where he served as a Health Sciences Administrator for the Bioengineering Research Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 

In spring, 2024 Dr. Borovetz received an inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs for his decades of work in the profession.