Carrie Thompson, M.D., receives Cortese family grant

Carrie Thompson, M.D. (I ’04, HEMO ’07), Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, receive a Cortese family grant to use mobile devices to remotely monitor patients who received CAR-T cell therapy. Dr. Thompson is an associate professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.

The Cortese family grant was established in 2017 by Denis Cortese, M.D. (I1 ’71, I ’72, THD ’76), who served as Mayo Clinic CEO from 2003 to 2009; and his wife, Donna, to develop, test and implement innovative solutions for health care delivery. The award is managed by the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery.