Mayo Clinic Elects Matthew R. Callstrom as Next President and CEO, Succeeding Gianrico Farrugia on January 1, 2027
The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees announced in Rochester, Minnesota, on November 13 that it has elected Matthew R. Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D., as the organization's next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Gianrico Farrugia, M.D. Farrugia will remain president and CEO through December 31, 2026, working closely with Callstrom on the transition, and Callstrom will assume the position on January 1, 2027.
Callstrom joined Mayo Clinic in 2002 and has spent nearly 25 years at the organization. A member of Mayo Clinic's Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, he serves as medical director for Mayo Clinic Strategy and the Generative Super Intelligence (SI) Program, and previously served as interim chief strategy officer and chair of the Department of Radiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
A physician-scientist and body interventional radiologist, Callstrom is internationally recognized for advancing image-guided cancer treatment, including technologies that more precisely identify and treat cancer. He has led and collaborated on numerous clinical trials, and his work has resulted in more than 200 publications and patents. He has been recognized as a Mayo Clinic Distinguished Clinician and served as president of the Society of Interventional Oncology.
A Minnesota native, Callstrom earned degrees in chemical engineering and chemistry from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University before earning his medical degree from Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and a fellowship in cross-sectional imaging at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.
Richard K. Davis, chair of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees, said Callstrom brings nearly 25 years of experience at Mayo Clinic across patient care, research, strategy and innovation, and an ability to translate scientific discovery and emerging technology into meaningful advances for patients. Callstrom said he was deeply honored to lead Mayo Clinic and that the organization would accelerate the translation of discovery and emerging technologies into better care for more patients, wherever they are.
Farrugia has served as president and CEO since 2019. Under his leadership, Mayo Clinic launched and advanced Bold. Forward., its strategy to transform healthcare, and created Mayo Clinic Platform, its first comprehensive, scalable, SI-enabled care transformation platform. He said Callstrom knows Mayo Clinic deeply and understands where healthcare is headed.
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to innovation in clinical practice, education and research, headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota. (Source: Mayo Clinic)
Source: Mayo Clinic
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