CisionVision, co-founded by Zhongming (Jeremy) Li, Ph.D., and Angela Belcher, Ph.D., will receive up to $22 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Precision Surgical Interventions (PSI) program to develop solutions to a major problem in surgery: critical anatomy visualization. The five-year award will be led by Li, CEO of CisionVision, and Lisa Knowlton, MD, MPH, project co-PI and Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford Medicine.
Teams that will contribute to this groundbreaking project include Jeffrey Jopling, MD, MSHS, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Herbert Mason Hedberg, MD, and Monika Krezalek, MD, Endeavor Health; and Danny Chen, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, and other top institutions that will be announced later.
“We are honored to receive this award and work with a distinguished group of researchers to drive innovations in surgical imaging,” said Li.
“I am excited to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of experts advancing the frontier of surgical imaging technology,” said Knowlton. “This project holds the promise of a significant leap forward in surgical precision and patient safety.”
“With the Precision Surgical Interventions program, we’re seeking to fundamentally change how surgery is done.” Ileana Hancu, Ph.D., ARPA-H PSI Program Manager, said. “PSI and its technical performer teams are committed to developing tools that reduce the rate of reoperations or accidental damage to critical structures.”
The collaboration involves:
- Stanford Medicine: Recognized as a center of academic excellence and healthcare innovation, Stanford will accelerate the integration of these breakthrough technologies into clinical practice.
- Johns Hopkins Medicine: A leader in medical research, Johns Hopkins Medicine will focus on clinical studies and the application of advanced visualization technologies in real-world surgical settings.
- Endeavor Health: As a Chicagoland-based integrated health system and national leader in laboratory innovation, Endeavor Health will facilitate the implementation and evaluation of these technologies in a clinical environment.
- University of Notre Dame: With expertise in artificial intelligence and biomedical imaging, Notre Dame will transform surgical data into clinical insights for more precise and safer surgery.
