Toby Cosgrove
Lead Independent Director and Chair of the Board
Dr. Toby Cosgrove, MD, will be joining the Combined Entity Board as of the Effective Date. From 2004 through 2017, Dr. Cosgrove served as the CEO and president of the Cleveland Clinic where he led the $8 billion organization to new heights of achievement and efficiency, seeing it ranked the #2 hospital in America (U.S. News). Dr. Cosgrove joined the Cleveland Clinic in 1975 and chaired the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgery from 1989 to 2004. He has performed over 22,000 operations and earned an international reputation in valve repair. Dr. Cosgrove also holds 30 patents for medical innovations. He currently serves as Executive Advisor, working with Cleveland Clinic leadership on strategies for national and international growth. Dr. Cosgrove is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He graduated from Williams College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine and trained at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brook General Hospital in London. In 1967, he was a surgeon in the U.S. Air Force, earning a Bronze Star. View believes Dr. Cosgrove is qualified to serve as a member of the Combined Entity Board based on his extensive experience as an executive and board member, as well as his deep medical expertise.
Chairman of the Board