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Kipum Lee Named President of UH Ventures at University Hospitals, Effective Oct. 1

The longtime innovation leader takes the helm with a mandate to accelerate commercialization through early-stage investment.

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Overview

  • Effective Oct. 1, 2025, Kipum Lee, PhD, assumed the presidency of UH Ventures, University Hospitals’ innovation arm.
  • He was promoted from vice president of enterprise strategy and innovation after a decade leading human-centered design and digital health initiatives across the system.
  • Lee succeeds David Sylvan, who continues as University Hospitals’ chief strategy, innovation and marketing officer.
  • Priorities for UH Ventures under Lee include revenue growth, deployment of early-stage capital into promising technologies, enterprise strategy development, and institution-building to strengthen an innovation culture.
  • University Hospitals, based in Cleveland, spans more than 20 hospitals and over 30,000 employees, providing a broad platform for commercialization efforts.