iGIANT®: Bringing Equity in Healthcare to the World Stage

As a non-English-speaking child transplanted to spend my formative years in rural Indiana, I was always keenly aware of what made me different. Not just in terms of my appearance, but also in terms of my personality. I didn’t conform to the gender boxes laid before me. I wanted to play sports with my brothers […]

Dima is Digitalized!

Recognized as one of the leaders in technology of Chicago, Dima Elissa has been incorporated into TechagotChi, a video game where you help these leaders and their companies grow. To see the app description or download visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/techagotchi/id1269310553?ls=1&mt=8 (IOS) or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eightbitstudios.chicagotechgotchi (Android)

Interview with 3DHeals

Dima Elissa is a serial techpreneur currently CEO and founder of VisMed-3D, a biomedical design and consulting firm that uses Al to design and visualize 3D printed body parts. Dima was selected by Chicago magazine as one of the top Women in Tech, Chicago lnno’s 50 on Fire, MakeItBetter’s Top Chicago Women in Science and […]

Chicago Hack Night: Sex, Gender, and Innovation Gaps in Data and Design for Healthcare

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[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/utgpFx-LhkU”] Hindsight has it’s benefits. Today’s innovation and research communities are recognizing that the approaches to designing drugs devices and treatment have to change. They way most innovation have come to be excludes the personalized and individualized variables which play out differently based on sex and gender. If we truly want better outcomes in […]

TEDx Talk: “One Size Doesn’t Fit All”

[su_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/B-DF1tWp05c”] One size doesn’t fit all, personalizing medicine” considers the story of gender as an outlier in medical research and a call for change to those sitting at the healthcare table and represented in clinical, instrument and medical research. Dima Elissa shares her story as an outlier and “accidental entrepreneur” and how her experiences […]

YWCA Chicago’s “New Look of Leadership”

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On March 26th, 2017, YWCA Chicago’s 5th Annual New Look of Leadership Fashion Event spotlights some of Chicago’s top business leaders who, through their professional work and community impact, support racial equality and the advancement of women. Watch as these influencers help reinforce the YWCA’s mission while modeling some of the hottest trends in fashion. […]

White House LGBTQ Tech & Innovation Briefing

Dima Elissa has once again been invited to attend the 3rd annual LGBTQ Tech & Innovation Briefing at the White House August 23rd, 2016. This briefing will bring together innovative and talented LGBT technology leaders to tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges: learning about different issues and breaking out into teams to come up with […]

#WeareWTF: Dima Elissa Shares her Story at WTF Event

Press Release: Chicago, IL — Dima Elissa — On March 15, 2016, VisMed•3D’s CEO and Founder, Dima Elissa joined a host of powerhouse women in tech to discuss their experiences starting and growing businesses. Women Tech Founders (WTF) celebrates the stories of seasoned and compelling women leaders in technology through live events and media, such as this hosted at 1871 […]

3D Printing Op-Ed Article Published by MedicalExpo

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Press Release: March 2, 2016, Chicago, IL — Dima Elissa — An op-ed article written by VisMed•3D’s CEO and Founder, Dima Elissa was published in MEDICALEXPO’s emagazine. Elissa wrote about the challenge of the ever-growing 3D printing industry, cost. FDA approval for the additive manufacturing processes is slowly taking shape, but until most are approved it […]