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 […]

Northwestern Master of Science in Law Speaker Series

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As part of the MSL Speaker Series, Dima Elissa and Neelum Aggarwal, MD gave a talk on the adverse impacts of gender biases in biomedical research. To see the full story, visit https://sites.northwestern.edu/mslprogram/2017/04/24/msl-speaker-series-dima-elissa-and-neelum-aggarwal/.

3D-printed fingerprints could unlock dead man’s phone – Chicago Tribune Blue Sky

Users can use their fingerprint to unlock an iPhone. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)

Is it possible to unlock a smartphone with a 3D-printed fingerprint? Michigan police hoping to get into a murder victim’s phone have enlisted Michigan State University computer science and engineering professor Anil Jain’s help. He’s working on replicating the victim’s fingerprints using scans the police had on file from a prior arrest. “We are still working […]

2016 Women Tech Leaders: Dima Elissa, VisMed3D

2016 Women Tech Leaders: Dima Elissa, VisMed3D Dima Elissa, CEO of VisMed 3D, is bringing 3D modeling to healthcare and academic institutions for surgical treatments and training. With a business background and interest in medicine, Elissa is improving the lives and outcomes of patients using 3D replicas and related research. by Jennifer Smith Tapp June […]

Speaking @St. Mary’s ND THRIVE: Engaging Women Conference

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THRIVE: Engaging Women Conference to Be Held May 25, 2016 April 26, 2016 (Notre Dame, IN) — The Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) at Saint Mary’s College is proud to present the 2nd annual “THRIVE: Engaging Women Conference” from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25 in the Student Center on campus. WEI, 1st […]

DePaul College of Law Symposia The New Frontier of Health Innovation: iGIANT® Presentation

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Symposia The New Frontier of Health Innovation: Navigating the Regulatory Landscape March 15th, 2016 – DePaul Law Symposium – New Frontier of Health Innovation March 15, 2016 DePaul’s Journal of Health Care Law, the Jaharis Health Law Institute along with the Center for Intellectual Property (CIPLIT©), Law, and Technology, and the DePaul Journal of Art, Technology, and […]

UIC WISE visits MATTER for 3D Workshop

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Press Release: Chicago, IL — VisMed•3D — MATTER Chicago hosted a workshop for UIC – WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) on March 18, 2016. CEO and Founder of VisMed•3D

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 […]