--- title: "Elazer Edelman receives the 2026-2027 Killian Award" url: https://daily.dev/posts/elazer-edelman-receives-the-2026-2027-killian-award-6vghuqd8v source_url: https://news.mit.edu/2026/elazer-edelman-receives-killian-award-0513 type: article source: "MIT News" published: 2026-05-13T20:08:54.318Z updated: 2026-05-13T20:09:12.947Z tags: ["mit"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Elazer Edelman receives the 2026-2027 Killian Award **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary MIT Professor Elazer R. Edelman has been named the recipient of the 2026-2027 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, the highest honor MIT faculty can bestow on a colleague. Edelman, an engineer and cardiologist, helped develop drug-eluting cardiovascular stents now used in over 100 million patients worldwide. His career spans foundational research in atherosclerosis, vascular biology, tissue engineering, and controlled drug-delivery systems developed alongside Robert Langer. He also led MIT's COVID-19 PPE response effort, supplying 23% of all PPE across New England at the pandemic's peak. Beyond research, he is recognized as a dedicated mentor and teacher with over 30 years on the MIT faculty. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MIT School of Engineering faculty receive awards in fall 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-school-of-engineering-faculty-receive-awards-in-fall-2025-59qbvj3xe) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [On algorithms, life, and learning](https://daily.dev/posts/on-algorithms-life-and-learning-cixmwpcsj) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Jacob Andreas and Brett McGuire named Edgerton Award winners](https://daily.dev/posts/jacob-andreas-and-brett-mcguire-named-edgerton-award-winners-afscftgip) · MIT News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mit](https://daily.dev/tags/mit) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/elazer-edelman-receives-the-2026-2027-killian-award-6vghuqd8v)