Mr. Sanford’s most recent contribution to the region’s children – through his $15 million gift to the Mayo Clinic announced earlier today in Rochester, MN – will create an outpatient pediatric specialties center at the Mayo Clinic facility named the Mayo Clinic T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Center and endows a collaboration between the pediatric specialists of Mayo Clinic and Sanford Children’s Hospital at Sioux Valley Hospital USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
"It gives me great pleasure to express my love of children by setting in motion a collaborative relationship between two of the premiere pediatric health care providers in the nation," said Mr. Sanford. "I believe this research and educational partnership will promote solutions to some of the most vexing health issues that affect youngsters in our region and throughout this nation. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than providing the impetus for efforts that I know have the potential to one day help every young child enjoy the gift of good health and great healthcare services."
The collaboration between the Mayo Clinic and Sanford Children's Hospital includes development of elective rotations for residents in pediatrics and pediatric-related specialties, as well as shared research and education projects focused on childhood diseases. The joint effort includes sponsorship of the T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Symposium as an annual event concentrating on the newest medical and surgical care of children, including disseminating results of the two institutions’ collaborative research and treatment efforts. The first symposium is scheduled for
"We are grateful for the opportunity to play a leading role in translating Mr. Sanford's interest in and vision for children's healthcare into practice at
With more than 300 specially trained staff and physicians,
"We expect to learn a great deal through this new relationship with colleagues at Mayo Clinic," said Larry Fenton, M.D., Chair of the University of South Dakota School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and a Sioux Valley Children’s Specialty Clinic neonatologist. "We also expect they will learn much from us. Clearly this will be a relationship that will help everyone involved better serve children by developing and training pediatric specialists and supporting innovative research, new educational opportunities and other innovative learning experiences for medical staff, patient care team members and medical, nursing and other allied health students."
"Mayo Clinic has a long tradition of excellence in caring for the medical and surgical needs of children, and this gift will help carry that tradition into the future," said Robert Jacobson, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at Mayo Clinic in
Mr. Sanford’s gift to benefit
Mr. Sanford is chairman of United National Corporation, First Premier Bank and Premier Bankcard, Inc, headquartered in
REGARDING CONTRIBUTION FROM T. DENNY
Q: What is the nature of Mr. T. Denny
A: Mr. Sanford has made a significant financial contribution to Mayo Clinic to accomplish a range of outcomes in pediatric health, including the provision of funds for an endowment to create and sustain a collaboration between pediatric specialists at Mayo Clinic and
Q: What is the amount of Mr. Sanford’s gift?
A: The total gift to Mayo is $15 million, of which $5 million is dedicated to an endowment for developing and sustaining the collaboration between
Q: How is the total amount apportioned between the Mayo Clinic and
A: Approximately one-third of the gift – totaling $5 million – is earmarked as an endowment for developing and sustaining the collaboration between the pediatric specialists at
Q: What was Mr. Sanford’s motivation in making this generous contribution?
A: Mr. Sanford has a long had an interest in the welfare of children and a desire to help improve their health care. He is interested in bringing the highest level of professional expertise to bear on the solution of pediatric healthcare issues, including effecting significant collaborations between the most highly skilled pediatric researchers, educators and practitioners in the nation. He envisions that this gift will provide an excellent means of initiating such collaboration.
Q: Toward what purposes will the funds allocated to the collaboration with Mayo be specifically used?
A: The funds dedicated to this collaboration will provide an unprecedented level of support for joint research and educational activities linking pediatric specialties and pediatric specialists at the Mayo Clinic and
- a new pediatric professorship to develop and direct programs of both the Mayo Clinic pediatric department and the Sioux Valley/Mayo Pediatric Collaboration Program including specialty consultation and medical education
- pediatric training programs at Sanford Children’s Hospital involving Mayo Clinic fellows, residents and students which will support educational program and specialty development at
- joint pediatric research programs between Mayo Clinic and Sanford Childrens’ Hospital researchers to bring the latest medical advances forward for treating childhood diseases and pediatric health problems
- launch of the T. Denny Sanford annual pediatric symposium, the first of which is scheduled for
Q: When will the collaboration between Mayo Clinic and
A: The collaboration is presently underway, as evidenced by the preliminary planning completed for the 2006 T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Symposium, which will occur
Q: What are the expected outcomes of this collaboration?
A: All parties expect that the collaboration will generate robust research and education that can be translated to training programs and clinical development that will significantly improve prevention services and children’s medical care, ultimately resulting in healthier children throughout the region and nation.
Q: How does Mr. Sanford’s contribution to create a collaboration between
A: The collaboration that will be stimulated by this contribution is well aligned with efforts already underway to expand quality pediatric care at Sioux Valley including activities supported by Mr. Sanford’s 2004 gift of $16 million dollars to support construction of a new facility for Sanford Children’s Hospital, which will break ground in 2007 and be completed in 2009.
Q: Who is T. Denny
A: A native of