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Cleveland Clinic Now
Learn the latest on what’s happening now at Cleveland Clinic from enterprise leaders, including CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, MD.
Tom Mihaljevic, MD
Tom Mihaljevic, MD, is Chief Executive Officer and President of Cleveland Clinic, leading an $8 billion healthcare system that includes a main campus in Cleveland, Ohio, 11 regional hospitals, 18 family health centers, and facilities in Florida, Nevada, Toronto, Abu Dhabi, and London. Dr. Mihaljevic previously served as CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD), where he oversaw the opening of the 365-bed hospital and clinic, with 3,000 caregivers, in 2015. Under his leadership, CCAD expanded its treatment capabilities, built relationships in the private and public sectors, and established its growing reputation for clinical
excellence, research, and education. From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Mihaljevic was chief of staff and chairman
of the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at CCAD. He led a recruitment effort that drew 5,500 applications for 175 physician posts, and went on to launch the most advanced cardiovascular program in the Middle East. Dr. Mihaljevic joined Cleveland Clinic in 2004 as a surgeon in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He has performed almost 3,000 operations over the course of his career, specializing in minimally invasive and robotically assisted procedures, valve replacement and repair, image-guided surgery, heart failure and cardiac transplantation.
Lara A. Kalafatis
Lara A. Kalafatis has been Chair of Cleveland Clinic’s Philanthropy Institute since 2017. She is responsible for all philanthropy across the global enterprise including leading the $2 billion centennial campaign for Cleveland Clinic. Previously, Ms. Kalafatis was Vice President of Development and University Relations at Case Western Reserve University, where she served since 2005. She was inducted into Leadership Cleveland in spring of 2007. In fall of 2006, Crain’s Business Cleveland recognized Lara as part of the 40 under 40 class for her leadership and community involvement. Ms. Kalafatis earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and history from Indiana University in 1990.
Introducing the Center for Immuno-oncology and the Center for Global and Emerging Pathogens Research
Serpil Ezurum, MD
Dr. Erzurum is Chair of the Lerner Research Institute of Cleveland Clinic. A member of Cleveland Clinic’s staff since 1993, Dr. Erzurum holds the Alfred Lerner Memorial Chair in Innovative Biomedical Research.
A practicing pulmonologist, Dr. Erzurum’s scientific accomplishments have been broad and far-reaching in impact in respiratory medicine. Her contributions and leadership in pulmonary research have led to diagnostic and therapeutic advances in lung diseases, and helped to identify human physiologic adaptive responses to high-altitude hypoxia. She has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and has been a principal investigator on more than 20 federal grants, including multi-investigator program project grants and network trials.
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