OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL CONFINES OF ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES, TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ARE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT. RECENTLY, OUR EXPERTS HAVE LAUNCHED AT LEAST THREE COMPANIES—BRINGING THEIR CREATIVE VISIONS TO FRUITION FOR THE SAKE OF PATIENTS.
(From Left) Russell Martin, Hai-Quan Mao, Justin Sacks And Sashank Reddy.
One startup, LifeSprout, features a synthetic biodegradable material that mimics soft tissue. It could help serve as a placeholder for soft tissue defects resulting from cancer surgery, trauma or aging, sparing patients the pain and inconvenience of surgery to move soft tissue from another part of the body.