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Brilliant!
Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove arrives at Trump Tower.
Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove has emerged as the top contender to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Veterans Affairs, a selection that would bring more private-sector experience to a Cabinet already stocked with it.
Cosgrove, 75, a cardiac surgeon, has run the Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit network of hospitals and clinics based in Ohio and with facilities in Nevada and Florida, since 2004. Before taking over, he helped start Cleveland Clinic Innovations, which helped create nearly 60 spinoff medical technology companies. He also started the first tuition-free medical school in the country.
He was also an Air Force surgeon in the Vietnam War, where he earned a Bronze Star. Most recently, he served as vice chair of the Commission on Care, a federal panel that reviewed veterans heath care.
His background will likely go over well with veterans groups — especially his reputation for handing out buttons on his first day as CEO stamped with "patients first," part of his commitment to patient-centered care that includes the Cleveland Clinic's guarantee that patients get same-day appointments with a doctor.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/toby-cosgrove-veterans-affairs-trump-232894
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Yet another outsider. Hope we get him.
Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove arrives at Trump Tower.
Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove has emerged as the top contender to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Veterans Affairs, a selection that would bring more private-sector experience to a Cabinet already stocked with it.
Cosgrove, 75, a cardiac surgeon, has run the Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit network of hospitals and clinics based in Ohio and with facilities in Nevada and Florida, since 2004. Before taking over, he helped start Cleveland Clinic Innovations, which helped create nearly 60 spinoff medical technology companies. He also started the first tuition-free medical school in the country.
He was also an Air Force surgeon in the Vietnam War, where he earned a Bronze Star. Most recently, he served as vice chair of the Commission on Care, a federal panel that reviewed veterans heath care.
His background will likely go over well with veterans groups — especially his reputation for handing out buttons on his first day as CEO stamped with "patients first," part of his commitment to patient-centered care that includes the Cleveland Clinic's guarantee that patients get same-day appointments with a doctor.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/toby-cosgrove-veterans-affairs-trump-232894
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Yet another outsider. Hope we get him.
