Denis Cortese

Denis A. Cortese joined Arizona State University in 2010 as Foundation Professor in the College of Health Solutions and director of ASU's Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program. He is an Emeritus President and CEO of the Mayo Clinic and former head of the Mayo Health Policy Center. He was also the director of the pulmonary-fellowship training program at the medical school, with interests centered in the field of pulmonary medicine, including interventional bronchoscopy, critical care, with special interests in early and advanced stage lung cancer, and liver and lung transplantation. His research focused on developing phototherapies for early and advanced stage lung cancers. 

Dr. Cortese was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2005. He also serves as president of the Healthcare Transformation Institute, and his international reach includes being an honorary member of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom and of the Academia Nacional de Medicina in Mexico. In addition, he currently serves on the board of trustees of Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and the boards of directors for Cerner Corporation, Essence Global Holding Corporation, and Pinnacle West. He received an Ellis Island Award in 2007 and the National Healthcare Leadership Award in 2009.