May 20, 2026 – Three University of South Florida faculty members, Dr. Mark Frankle, Dr. Patrick Hwu and Donald Keck, will be inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame in November. Frankle, the chief of shoulder and elbow surgery at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute, is known for the “development of a transformative reverse shoulder prosthesis,” according to a prepared statement. The president and chief executive officer of Moffitt Cancer Center, Hwu is known for “developing chimeric receptor genes that led to modern CAR T-cell therapies.” Keck, a professor in USF’s Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation, co-invented low-loss optical fiber in 1970. To learn more, visit this link.
