SSIM Commercialization
The Surgical Innovations Program (SIP) of the Michael and Marian Ilitch Department of Surgery at the Wayne State University School of Medicine identifies and supports drug and medical device projects assessed as having market potential. At SSIM, surgeons and biomedical engineer-scientists collaborate in world-class, state-of-the-art engineering and clinical research facilities on drugs and devices of the future.
Through the Department’s philanthropic support arm, DIREF (Detroit International Research and Edication Foundation) and in partnership with CSSi Life Sciences, commercialization and exit or growth strategies are developed for drugs and medical devices considered to have commercial potential.
If you are interested in any SSIM project as an investor, philanthropist, or potential partner, please email dellis@diref.org or complete the short form at the bottom of this page.