1. Toby Cosgrove served as the president and chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic from 2004 until 2017.
12 Facts About Toby Cosgrove
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Toby Cosgrove was born in 1940 in Watertown, New York and graduated from Williams College, where he majored in history.
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Toby Cosgrove received an MD from the University of Virginia School of Medicine.
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Toby Cosgrove was an intern at the Massachusetts General Hospital, the Boston Children's Hospital, and Brook General Hospital in London, UK.
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Toby Cosgrove was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his service.
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Toby Cosgrove served as its president and chief executive from 2004 to 2017.
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Toby Cosgrove served as the president of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery in 2000.
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Toby Cosgrove is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Heart Association.
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Toby Cosgrove became a member of the Institute of Medicine in 2013.
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Toby Cosgrove was offered the position of Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs by President Barack Obama in 2014, but he turned it down.
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Toby Cosgrove was interviewed for the same position by president-elect Donald Trump in December 2016.
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In December 2016, Toby Cosgrove joined a business forum assembled by president-elect Donald Trump to provide strategic and policy advice on economic issues.