Mayo Clinic announces next CEO: Dr. Matthew Callstrom

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The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees announced Friday that it has elected Dr. Matthew Callstrom as its next president and CEO.

Mayo Clinic officially has its next leader. The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees announced Friday that it has elected Dr. Matthew Callstrom as its next president and CEO.

Callstrom, who has helped direct the hospital’s artificial intelligence program, will start Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. Gianrico Farrugia. Farrugia has served as Mayo Clinic’s CEO for eight years and announced his planned retirement earlier this year.

A Minnesota native, Callstrom has been with Mayo Clinic for nearly 25 years. He’s a physician-scientist and body interventional radiologist who has helped advance image-guided cancer treatment and develop technologies to more precisely identify and treat ca...