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PHILANTHROPY SPARKS INNOVATION | SUMMER 2018 HERE TOSERVE NEW CLEVELAND CLINIC CEO AND PRESIDENT TOM MIHALJEVIC, MD PAGE 2 INSIDE: PYRAMID ESTABLISHING A CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY Catalyst_SU18_C1_Cover.indd 1 5/17/18 10:57 AM IN GRATITUDE Service and Trust Spanning Four Decades GIFT FROM THE JONES DAY FOUNDATION HONORS THE FIRM’S LONGTIME RELATIONSHIP WITH CLEVELAND CLINIC In 2017, Jones Day Foundation made a $3 million lead gift supporting Cleveland Clinic Children’s new outpatient facility, scheduled to open this fall. The gift arose from “an incredibly special” relationship between the global law fi rm of Jones Day and Cleveland Clinic, says Christopher Kelly, a partner at Jones Day. That relationship spans four decades and includes the service of previous and current Managing Partners of Jones Day on Cleveland Clinic’s Board of Trustees. “In addition to advising Cleveland Clinic, our work together recognizes the importance of investing in the communities where we practice and the critical roles we play as active and engaged citizens in the places we operate,” Mr. Kelly says. “We are extraordinarily proud of the Foundation’s grant to Cleveland Clinic Children’s.” The Jones Day Foundation is independent and supported by the law fi rm, Mr. Kelly says. “The Foundation exists as part of the core DNA of what Jones Day is as an institution. Through this grant from the Foundation, we are able to help advance Cleveland Clinic’s innovative world-class care for children Christopher Kelly and their families.” of Jones Day Cleveland is the birthplace of both Jones Day and Cleveland Clinic, Mr. Kelly notes. “We take special pride in being a part of the growth of cutting- edge capabilities the city has to offer. We are fortunate to be able to support such important initiatives and excited to see the vision of Cleveland Clinic Children’s become a reality.” Back row, from left: Umberto P. Fedeli, Chris Kelly, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Dr. Rita Pappas, Edward Jack Ross, Steven M. Ross. Front row, from left: Julius Chamoun, Jane Finley, Maisie Nowlin, Jack Thompson. visit powerofeveryone.org to learn more TOP: PHOTO COURTESY OF JONES DAY. BOTTOM: PHOTO BY TOM HERCE TOM BY PHOTO BOTTOM: DAY. JONES OF COURTESY PHOTO TOP: Catalyst_SU18_C2_InGratitude.indd 2 5/21/18 1:51 PM contentsSUMMER 2018 10 13 . 13 New02 CEO The04 Power of Every One – Game16 Innovation17 and President Philanthropy at Work Changer ■ Tom Mihaljevic, Midway through the Power of Every One ■ At the Rose Ella ■ Promising research MD, outlines his campaign, read about: Burkhardt Brain may help give people vision and discusses ■ Sam Miller, one of Cleveland Clinic’s Tumor and with spinal cord injuries what led him to his best advocates. Neuro-Oncology the freedom to bike in new role. ■ Trina Bediako and her family’s support Center, new fi ndings the great outdoors. of women’s health and cardiac rehab. are helping researchers ■ Mary Schaff’s gift advancing better understand the sleep apnea awareness. growth and spread ■ The legacy of Chris Crain, MD, of glioblastoma and his mother, Pearl Crain. tumors. ■ Howard and Margery Ternes’ gift to education at Cleveland Clinic Florida. ■ Ron and Mary Shortridge’s support of organ preservation for transplants. ■ The impact of a gift in shaping the future of medicine. ■ The 10th annual Florida Ball. ■ The Lerner School’s 10th year of life-changing education for students with autism. ON THE COVER: Tom Mihaljevic, MD. Photo by Russell Lee Photography. Above left: Patient Ethan Bradley. Photo courtesy of the Bradley family. Middle: Doug and Linda Cowan host the annual liver transplant golf outing. Right: VeloSano Trike & Bike event. Photo courtesy of Cleveland Clinic. Catalyst_SU18_01_TOC.indd 1 5/23/18 1:12 PM TOGETHER, WE’LL REACH ‘THE NEXT LEVEL OF GREATNESS’ om Mihaljevic, MD, became CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic on Jan.1. He succeeded Toby Cosgrove, MD, who served as CEO and President from 2004 to 2017, and who is staying on at Cleveland Clinic as Executive Advisor. From 2014 to 2017, Dr. Mihaljevic served as CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD), where he previously was Chief of Staff and Chair of the Heart & Vascular Institute. Born in Croatia, Dr. Mihaljevic earned his medical degree from the University of Zagreb, trained at University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland, and “THIS ORGANIZATION IS Tworked at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MORE THAN BUILDINGS AND Massachusetts. In 2004, he came to Cleveland Clinic as a surgeon in the Department of Thoracic and PEOPLE. IT’S A LIVING IDEA. Cardiovascular Surgery. MY JOB IS TO ENHANCE On Feb.28, 2018, Dr. Mihaljevic gave his first AND PRESERVE THAT IDEA.” State of the Clinic address, outlining his vision for Cleveland Clinic. TOM MIHALJEVIC, MD “Our course is clear,” he said. “Cleveland Clinic will be the best place for healthcare delivery in the world, and the best place to work in healthcare.” PERSONAL STORY A quintessential team player, Dr. Mihaljevic likes to focus on the “we” rather than the “I.” But a few weeks before the State of the Clinic, he took a few minutes to share his personal story. “My mother was a teacher. She is a wise woman, and I still talk to her almost every day. My father was a middle manager in business. We lived with my younger sister in a one-bedroom apartment in Zagreb. Our life was modest but comfortable. Every day, I went out to buy the groceries: half a loaf of bread, a quarter gallon of milk and 100 grams of salami.” Croatia was then part of communist Yugoslavia. Although Dr. Mihaljevic had the support of a large extended family, his opportunities were limited by his parents’ known opposition to the regime. When he graduated from medical school at Zagreb University in 1989, the Yugoslav federation was LEE RUSSELL BY PHOTO 2 CATALYST | SUMMER 2018 | POWEROFEVERYONE.ORG Catalyst_SU18_02-03_DrMihaljevic.indd 2 5/17/18 10:50 AM beginning to dissolve—with civil war in the air. RAPID PROGRESS Forced to seek further training abroad, he gave Dr. Mihaljevic made quick progress at Brigham himself a three-month crash course in German and Women’s, becoming an attending surgeon and TOGETHER, to earn an assistantship at University Hospital in assistant professor of surgery at Harvard School of Zurich. “I still enjoy modern German authors,” Medicine. With a lot of work, and the potential to says Dr. Mihaljevic, a self-described bookworm. replace Dr. Cohn as Chair of the department, Dr. In Zurich, he was mentored by Marko Turina, Mihaljevic recalls being very happy in Boston. MD, a cardiac surgeon and Croatian exile. Dr. But he was being actively recruited by Toby WE’LL REACH Turina steered Dr. Mihaljevic toward cardiac Cosgrove, MD, then Chair of Thoracic and surgery, and eventually linked him up with Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. Lawrence Cohn, MD, head of the Department of “I had a gut feeling that Cleveland Clinic was the ‘THE NEXT LEVEL OF GREATNESS’ Cardiac Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. place to be,” Dr. Mihaljevic says. He accepted Dr. Dr. Mihaljevic was accepted to Dr. Cohn’s Cosgrove’s offer in 2004, and was quickly impressed training program, one of 600 applicants for only fi ve by the volume and complexity of heart surgeries positions. Yet he was fi lled with uncertainty. “I was considered routine in his new job. the fi rst non-American in the program.” He had to When fi rst hired, he asked Dr. Cosgrove what was turn down a solid job offer from a relative in Croatia. expected of him. “Do whatever you want,” Dr. Cosgrove “I didn’t know what I was getting into.” said, “but be the best in the world at it.” Dr. Mihaljevic excelled in all types of cardiac surgery and went on to become one of the world’s leading practitioners of robotically assisted cardiac surgery, publishing pioneering papers on the new technique. HEALTHCARE DIPLOMAT He was ready for a new challenge in 2011 when Dr. Cosgrove—by then CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic—offered him the opportunity to go to Abu Dhabi. There, Dr. Mihaljevic led a highly motivated international team that took CCAD from a concept and construction site to becoming the leading specialty medical center in the Middle East. “We were healthcare diplomats,” he says, “bringing American medicine to a new and dynamic country.” When Dr. Cosgrove announced his intention to transition out of the role of CEO, Dr. Mihaljevic was the unanimous choice of the Board of Directors for the position. “This organization is more than buildings and people,” Dr. Mihaljevic says. “It’s a living idea. My job is to preserve and enhance that idea.” TOUCHSTONE QUESTIONS The new CEO’s State of the Clinic address was delivered before 800 guests and caregivers in the Ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel, and streamed to thousands more around the world. Dr. Mihaljevic asked his audience to consider two questions that are the touchstones of his administration: • How would you treat this patient if they were a member of your own family? • How would you treat the resources of Cleveland Clinic if this were your home? True to his belief in teamwork, he concluded, “We PHOTO CREDIT TK CREDIT PHOTO are going to build a plan for Cleveland Clinic that will refl ect your ideas and input. It will be our plan. We will do this together. Our generation will raise Cleveland Clinic to the next level of greatness.” — STEVE SZILAGYI POWEROFEVERYONE.ORG | SUMMER 2018 | CATALYST 3 Catalyst_SU18_02-03_DrMihaljevic.indd 3 5/17/18 10:51 AM philanthropy at work OUR SHARED FOCUS IS ON THE FUTURE AND ON THE POWER OF EVERY GIFT.