Under the new leadership of Alan Lumsden, MD, Walter W. Fondren III Presidential Distinguished Chair in the department of cardiovascular surgery, MITIE is closely working with experts throughout the organization to further align Houston Methodist’s research and education efforts with the Centers of Excellence in a venture that will synergistically expand all of our programs.

Stimsite was devised by Albert Huang, MD, a former Houston Methodist surgical resident and research fellow and current founder and CEO of Allotrope Medical and TMCx entrepreneur in residence. The device provides general, ob/gyn and colorectal surgeons with an elegant tool to help locate and avoid the ureters. After years of planning, prototyping and testing, Huang’s device received FDA clearance in November 2020. When the StimSite device generates a specifically calibrated current in the lower abdomen, the famously difficult to locate ureters are the only structures in the vicinity containing the smooth muscle needed to respond to electrical stimulation. The rhythmic movement of the stimulated ureters makes it much quicker and easier for surgeons to locate and avoid the ureters when performing surgical procedures in the region. Huang began the clinical pilot studies on StimSite by training Ob/Gyn surgeons from a private practice to use the device at MITIE.