Surgical Innovation

Surgical Innovation is a unique fellowship at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital allowing fellows to dedicate their fellowship to do research regarding surgical innovative techniques.

Creation
Meredith Grey came up with the idea when Jo expressed her desire to stay in Seattle to continue working on the mini-livers with her as well as her own ideas. Chief Bailey said the hospital lacked the budget, but she later decided she needed joy in her life and funded the fellowship herself. She also became Jo's mentor instead of Meredith herself.

The fellowship was off to a slow start since Bailey was tied up in making sure new interim Chief Karev wasn't screwing up.

Notable Fellows

 * Dr. Jo Karev (Surgical Innovation Fellow at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital)

Projects and Cases

 * Cancer cell suicide genes: Jo came up with the idea to design cancer killer cells by introducing suicide genes in the cancer cell DNA, like guided missile immune therapy. Bailey and Jo started working on this idea and found there were too many approaches to try out in one year, so they narrowed them down.
 * Reviving a liver: Bailey and Jo put a deceased patient on ECMO and later procured his liver to put it in a normothermic perfusion system in order to keep it alive to be used as a donor liver.
 * 3-D visualization of a tumor: Jo informed Amelia and Tom that there was a brand new way of 3-D visualizing a tumor, which was first launched at UCSD. They acquired the system for the removal of Catherine's chondrosarcoma.

Notes and Trivia

 * Grey Sloan is the only hospital with such a fellowship. When learning about its existence, Thomas Koracick stated that it's not a thing.
 * The fellowship falls under the general surgery department.
 * The duration of the fellowship has been implied to be one year.
 * Jo once asked Chief Karev for a new UNIMAC MRI, but the reason for her (unofficial) request remains unknown.