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Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D.
Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
The honor “recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service,” according to NAM, which honored Dr. Mihaljevic “for his work in creating the contemporary model of healthcare at Cleveland Clinic, reinforcing the organization’s dedication to the global communities it serves. This model focuses on improving healthcare quality and public health, including providing equal access to care, eliminating child food insecurity, preventing lead poisoning, and improving maternal and infant health.”
NAM describes its members as the nation’s foremost scholars, innovators, and business leaders committed to scientific excellence and public service. New members are chosen by current members for outstanding professional accomplishment and demonstrating a commitment to advancing the medical sciences, healthcare and public health.
Dr. Mihaljevic, who holds the Morton L. Mandel CEO Chair at Cleveland Clinic, joins a distinguished list of Cleveland Clinic leaders who have been inducted in recent years, including:
Cleveland Clinic shares a historic connection with the National Academy of Medicine. Irvine Page, M.D., Cleveland Clinic’s first director of research, advocated for and convened what would become the National Academy of Medicine, which he envisioned as a “working organization” independent of government funders.
In 1970, NAM was founded as one of three academies that make up the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. The National Academies are private, nonprofit institutions that work outside government to provide objective advice on matters of science, technology, and health.
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