---
title: 'Dr. Eric Giza and Sarah Mayes, Ph.D. – Innovation in Soft Tissue Healing'
type: 'episode'
url: 'https://doc.social/episodes/dr-eric-giza-and-sarah-mayes-ph-d-innovation-in-soft-tissue-healing'
show: 'The Ortho Show'
show_url: 'https://doc.social/podcasts/the-ortho-show'
published: '2025-04-16'
audio: 'https://media.blubrry.com/theorthoshow/content.blubrry.com/theorthoshow/TOS_Alafair_Final.mp3'
---

# Dr. Eric Giza and Sarah Mayes, Ph.D. – Innovation in Soft Tissue Healing

## Summary

This week, Dr. Scott Sigman sits down with Sarah Mayes, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer and Co-founder of Alafair Biosciences, and Dr. Eric Giza, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chief, Foot & Ankle Service, Co-Director, UC Davis/Reno Foot & Ankle Fellowship Head Team Physician, Sacramento Republic FC, UC Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, to discuss the journey behind VersaWrap Hydrogel Sheet.

From its humble beginnings in a university lab to becoming an innovative solution for tendon and nerve protection, VersaWrap is redefining soft tissue healing. Sarah shares the entrepreneurial hurdles of bringing a medical device to market, while Dr. Giza provides a surgeon’s perspective on how this cutting-edge product is impacting patient outcomes.