Mayo Clinic to Announce Economic Impact Findings

Monday, February 15, 2010

REVISED:Please note the addition of a call-in number at the bottom of the media advisory.

WHO:John Noseworthy, M.D., president and CEO; Glenn Forbes, M.D., medical director of State and Local Government Affairs for Mayo Clinic; Shirley Weis, CAO of Mayo Clinic; and Simon Tripp, senior director of the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice

Tripp was the project lead for the study, "The Economic and Societal Impact of the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Health System."

WHERE:Baldwin Building, Room 1-507; 221 Fourth Ave. S.W.

WHEN:Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, 3 p.m.

WHAT:Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and Mayo Clinic leadership will offer comment and answer questions about the latest Mayo Clinic economic impact study, an update of a study completed in 2002.

NOTE:The toll-free audio conference call-in number is
866-842-4193. The access code is 129232 followed by the pound (#) sign.

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