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Biodevice Innovation Pathway (UCSF Surgical Innovations)

UCSF Health

Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
The Biodevice Innovation Pathway is a dedicated research track within UCSF Surgical Innovations for surgery residents who want to build medical technology. It gives residents one to two years of full-time, hands-on experience developing and translating novel devices for unmet clinical needs, spanning device design and prototyping, animal model development, clinical trial participation, startup formation, and regulatory and business strategy.
Organizational model
Nonprofit
Location
San Francisco, California
Program types
Physician innovationEntrepreneurship
Commercialization pathways
InvestmentStrategic partnership
Focus areas
ClinicalMedical devicePediatric
Public scale or maturity signals

Documented successes: Supports projects including SmartDerm for pressure ulcer prevention, The Kidney Project bioartificial kidney, and magnetic intestinal bypass research; Draws on more than 15 faculty mentors across surgical specialties and bioengineering; Targets conditions including sleep apnea, pressure ulcers, kidney disease, diabetes and hernias

Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

The Biodevice Innovation Pathway is a dedicated research track within UCSF Surgical Innovations for surgery residents who want to build medical technology. It gives residents one to two years of full-time, hands-on experience developing and translating novel devices for unmet clinical needs, spanning device design and prototyping, animal model development, clinical trial participation, startup formation, and regulatory and business strategy. The pathway is open to UCSF surgery residents and to residents in surgical disciplines at other universities. It is co-directed by a pediatric surgeon and a bioengineering faculty member and draws on more than 15 faculty mentors across surgical specialties and bioengineering. Residents work on translational projects that have progressed toward companies and clinical use, which is also the main way outside investors and industry partners engage.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalMedical devicePediatric

Commercialization Pathways

These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.

InvestmentStrategic partnership

Publicly Reported Outcomes

  • Documented successes

    Supports projects including SmartDerm for pressure ulcer prevention, The Kidney Project bioartificial kidney, and magnetic intestinal bypass research; Draws on more than 15 faculty mentors across surgical specialties and bioengineering; Targets conditions including sleep apnea, pressure ulcers, kidney disease, diabetes and hernias

Leadership and Structure

Organizational home: Biodevice Innovation Pathway (UCSF Surgical Innovations), UCSF Health

  • Hanmin Lee; Shuvo Roy — Faculty Co-Directors

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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. Biodevice Innovation Pathway (UCSF Surgical Innovations) official source ↗ — surgicalinnovations.ucsf.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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