Thomas M. Best Associate Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest

Contact Information

UW Hospital Clinic - Research Park 621 Science Drive Madison, WI 53719

Tel: 608/265-8415 Fax: 608/265-8410 E-mail: tm.best@hosp.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Biomedical Engineering
• Family Medicine
• Kinesiology
• Surgery

Education

• M.D., University of Western Ontario
• Ph.D., Duke University

Fields of Interest

• mechanical modeling, treatment and prevention of soft tissue injuries, specifically myotendinous injuries
• mathematical modeling the time dependent responses of tissue and finite strain formulations applied to the development of an injury criterion
• the role of scar tissue in recovery from injury
• computational models to understand the failure mechanisms of muscle