Introducing Cohort 8

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Email Address:vikas.patel@cuanschutz.edu

Advanced Cervical Fixation

This project aims to address the limitations of existing anterior fusion surgery instrumentation for treating cervical spine pathology. The proposed plating system improves fixation strength, simplifies surgical technique, and reduces inventory requirements, making it an attractive option for orthopedic/neuro spine surgeons. With extensive development work already completed, the project now focuses on Verification and Validation testing to support a regulatory submission with the FDA. The goal is to obtain a 510(k) clearance, allowing the implant and system to be used clinically and potentially commercialized through a spin-out company or partnership with a strategic partner. Collaborators: Brandon Arthurs, PE and Leighton LaPierre, MSc

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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

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Email Address:vikas.patel@cuanschutz.edu

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Cohort 5

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Email Address:vikas.patel@cuanschutz.edu

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Introducing Cohort 8

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Cohort 7

Jessica Rove, MD

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Rui Zhao, PhD

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD

Zhirui Wang, PhD

Cohort 6

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Cohort 5

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

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Meet our SPARK Fellows

Introducing Cohort 8

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Cohort 7

Jessica Rove, MD

Juan-Pablo Idrovo, MD

Rui Zhao, PhD

Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD

Zhirui Wang, PhD

Cohort 6

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Cohort 5

Vikas Patel, MD

Advanced Cervical Fixation

Cohort 4

Traci Lyons, PhD

Virginia Borges, MD

Omer Mei-Dan, MD

Jacob Segil, PhD

Joshua Thurman, MD

Ram Nagaraj, PhD

Mina Pantcheva, MD

Michael Wempe, PhD

Steven Nordeen, PhD

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

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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

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