Introducing Cohort 7

Jessica Rove, MD

Colorado Chest Tube

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Gastrostomy Tube Guardian

Rui Zhao, PhD

Developing a First-in-Class Allosteric Eya2 Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibitor for Brain Cancer Therapy

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD

Development of Gated Dual-antigen Targeting CAR-T Cell Therapy to Treat ATRT, an Aggressive Brain Tumor in Children

Zhirui Wang, PhD

Bivalent CD47 Immunotoxin for Targeted Therapy of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Other CD47+ Cancers

Cohort 6

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Email Address:OMER.MEIDAN@CUANSCHUTZ.EDU

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

This project aims to address the need for preventative surgeries for young and active patients with hip joint pathologies before resorting to costly and invasive hip joint replacements. The researchers intend to develop the Subchondral Cyst Tool Set, a set of arthroscopic tools that enable surgeons to deliver bone graft to cysts within the hip joint. The project consists of one aim over two years which focused on manufacturing reliable tools. The team, led by Dr. Segil and Dr. Mei-Dan, has extensive entrepreneurial experience and successful ventures in the medical device industry, making them well-suited to bring this innovative toolset to the market and improve patient outcomes in hip joint surgeries. Collaborators: Jacob Segil, PhD

Learn more about Dr. Mei-Dan

Cohort 5

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Email Address:OMER.MEIDAN@CUANSCHUTZ.EDU

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Learn more about Dr. Mei-Dan

Cohort 4

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Email Address:OMER.MEIDAN@CUANSCHUTZ.EDU

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Learn more about Dr. Mei-Dan

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Meet our SPARK Fellows

Introducing Cohort 7

Jessica Rove, MD

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Rui Zhao, PhD

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD

Zhirui Wang, PhD

Cohort 6

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Cohort 5

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Cohort 4

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Cohort 3

Cohort 2

Cohort 1

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Meet our SPARK Fellows

Introducing Cohort 7

Jessica Rove, MD

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Rui Zhao, PhD

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD

Zhirui Wang, PhD

Cohort 6

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Cohort 5

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Cohort 4

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Arthroscopic Instruments to Support New Surgical Methods in Hip Arthroscopy

Cohort 3

Cem Altunbas, PhD

Kimberley Bruce, PhD - PI

Tom Flaig, MD - PI

Jay Hesselberth, PhD - PI

Cristos Ifantides, MD, MBA

Kristi Kuhn, PhD - PI

Maria Nagel, PhD - PI

Devatha Nair, PhD

Zhirui Wang, PhD

Cohort 2

Ulli Bayer, PhD

Heide Ford, PhD - PI

Marsha Guess, MD - PI

Mingxia Huang, PhD

Robert Hodges, PhD - PI

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD - PI

Dan LaBarbera, PhD

Tim McKinsey, PhD

Andrew Monte, MD

Steve Moulton, MD - PI

Karin Payne, PhD - PI

Phil Reigan, PhD

Joshua Seinfeld, MD - PI

Kunhua Song, PhD

Mike Verneris, MD - PI

Cohort 1

Evalina Burger, MD - PI

Valeria Canto-Soler, PhD - PI

Michael Chapman, MD - PI

Michael Glode, MD - PI

Richard Johnson, MD - PI

Melanie Joy, PhD

James Lambert, PhD - PI

Shi-Long Lu, MD, PhD - PI

Max Mitchell, MD - PI

Jeffrey Olson, MD - PI

Mark Petrash, PhD - PI

Nicholas Walter, MD - PI

Martin Zamora, MD - PI

CU Innovations