Preoperative
Better understanding
for better planning
We are shaping
the operating room
of tomorrow.
The BOPA Innovation Chair develops innovative digital solutions to improve the quality, safety and patient experience in hepato-bilio-pancreatic surgery.
At the heart ofPaul-Brousse AP-HP hospital
In immediate proximity to the Hepato-Biliary Center~180 liver transplants/year
Direct accessto clinical practice
100% of projectsco-designed with caregivers
Our mission
Advancing surgery through digital innovation
We develop and integrate innovative technologies to support every step of the surgical patient journey, strengthen patient involvement, improve the safety of surgical procedures, and support patients throughout their postoperative recovery.
Intraoperative
Better vision, better decisions,
better surgery
Postoperative
Better follow-up
for better recovery
Our innovations
Projects designed to transform surgery
From planning to recovery, our projects address today's clinical challenges while helping shape the surgery of tomorrow.
Discover our projects
LiverSight
Software developed by BOPA to facilitate communication between surgeon and patient before liver surgery, helping the patient better understand the procedure and take an active role in their own care.
Discover LiverSight
BOPCAM
A "made in BOPA" device to film the surgeon's hands and movements up close during open surgery.
Colette
A conversational AI that supports transplant patients around the clock.
Our vision
From innovation to progress
Our ambition is not to innovate for innovation's sake, but to turn innovation into progress for everyone.
However effective it may be, an innovation only transforms practice if it can truly be adopted and deployed. BOPA builds its projects around three essential conditions to take innovation from prototype to shared progress.
Innovation
Acceptability
An innovation that fits into
clinical practice.
Designing solutions with healthcare professionals that fit their practices and needs, so they are truly adopted.
Interoperability
An innovation that integrates with what already exists.
Developing solutions that work with the equipment, tools and systems already in place in the operating room.
Sustainability
An innovation that can be
deployed for the long term.
Considering its economic viability and environmental impact from the design stage, to enable deployment at scale.
Progress
for all
Who we are
Academic and clinical expertise driving innovation
At the crossroads of research, clinical practice and digital technology, the BOPA Innovation Chair is shaping the surgery of tomorrow to improve patient care.
01A partnership between three institutions
Founded in 2020 by Prof. Éric Vibert, a transplant surgeon at Paul-Brousse AP-HP hospital and professor at Université Paris-Saclay, the BOPA Chair is jointly run by AP-HP, the Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT) and Université Paris-Saclay.
The BOPA Chair conducts rigorous, forward-looking academic research. It generates new knowledge, shares it with the scientific community, and helps train the next generation of researchers.
55Publications
51Conference talks
7PhD students
8Master's students
From research to impact
The BOPA Chair is committed to turning research into concrete, genuinely useful solutions. This ambition takes shape in two complementary ways: through solutions already deployed in practice, and by strengthening ties between academic medicine and industry.
1. Tangible results in clinical practice
Research conducted within BOPA has already helped bring about and deploy concrete solutions, in particular through the creation of start-ups and the development of medical software directly useful to healthcare professionals and patients.
- 2 start-ups createdto drive and develop breakthrough innovations
- 2 medical software solutions developed and deployedto meet healthcare professionals' needs
- Colette, a therapeutic education chatbotfor transplant patients
- MesGardes, an app that simplifies schedulingof on-call duty in the operating room
2. Strengthening ties between AP-HP and the pharmaceutical and MedTech industries
The second focus is to build and strengthen bridges between AP-HP and pharma and medtech companies, to foster the development, testing and deployment of innovations as close as possible to real-world needs.
The BOPEX
experimentation hub
AP-HP's single point of entry for digital innovation in the operating room.
Discover BOPEXThe BOPTECH
platform
A platform dedicated specifically to innovation in liver surgery, with a perfusion machine and a hybrid operating room.
02A unique ecosystem dedicated to innovation
A dedicated space at the heart of the hospital
158 m² dedicated to BOPA within Paul-Brousse hospital.
500 meters from the Hepato-Biliary Center
Immediate proximity to surgical teams and the operating room.
World-class surgical expertise
A pioneering center for liver transplantation in France and Europe.
High-volume clinical activity
Expertise spanning the full scope of hepato-biliary surgery.
1,500procedures in the OR
180hepatectomies
50pancreatectomies
180liver transplants / year
Hepato-Biliary Center - Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital
An exceptional clinical environment in which to design, test and evaluate innovations closely aligned with the needs of surgeons and patients.
03The operational team
Built around a multidisciplinary community of researchers, physicians, nurses, engineers, data scientists and legal experts, the BOPA Chair relies on a dedicated operational team to drive its projects forward.
CONTACT US
Have an idea, a project, a collaboration in mind?
Let's talk.
Want to collaborate with the BOPA Chair, pitch us a project, or discuss our work?
Our team is here to listen, explore new collaborations and help bring projects to life that will shape the surgery of tomorrow.
Support us
Help drive surgical innovation with us.
Every donation, whatever its size, directly contributes to developing, testing and deploying new solutions for the benefit of patients and care teams.
Support the BOPA ChairSecure payment on AP-HP's donation platform.
Our 3 partner foundations
Born from a partnership between three institutions, the BOPA Chair relies on their foundations to support fundraising and help advance its mission.
They support us
Companies and individual donors help drive the BOPA Chair's projects forward. The support of our partners and donors is essential to accelerate innovation and improve patient care.
A huge thank you to everyone whose donations make this journey possible.
They work alongside us
We are also fortunate to work with expert organizations that are deeply committed to our mission and contribute their time, expertise and/or equipment. Their involvement plays an important role in making the BOPA Chair what it is today, and we sincerely thank them for their support.
