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Teach For America gets another Medtronic Foundation gift
Appearing just a month before this announcement, is a disturbing story in the New York Times:
. . . former Army surgeon, Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo, reported that a bone-growth product sold by Medtronic Inc. had much higher success in healing the shattered legs of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed than other doctors there had experienced, according to Colonel Coots and a summary of an Army investigation of the matter.
. . .Army investigators found that Dr. Kuklo forged the signatures of four Walter Reed doctors on the article before submitting it last year to a British medical journal, falsely claiming them as co-authors. . . .
A Medtronic spokeswoman, Marybeth Thorsgaard, confirmed that Dr. Kuklo was a paid consultant to the company and that the company financially supported some of his research at Walter Reed, through a foundation affiliated with the hospital.
But she said Medtronic did not finance or review the Infuse study, which was published in Britain last August in The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. She declined to say when Medtronic had hired Dr. Kuklo or how much it had paid him over the years.
And in April 2009:
Medtronic said Friday that at least 13 people might have died in connection with a heart device that it recalled in 2007 but was still in widespread use, including four patients whose deaths were related to efforts by doctors to surgically remove the product.
A third New York Times story:
Medtronic, which reached a $40 million settlement last year with the federal government over accusations that the company had paid illegal kickbacks to doctors for using its spinal devices, has continued to pay doctors millions of dollars in consulting fees, according to a lawyer representing a whistle-blower involved in the case. . . .
It just seems that maybe Medtronic needed some good publicity.
by Staff
The Medtronic Foundation, which is the charitable wing of Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc., is donating $1.4 million over the next three years to Teach For America.
Portions of the funding will be used to increase the number of Teach For America teachers with math and science backgrounds. It will also be used to provide resources for Teach For America’s programs in Memphis and Jacksonville, Fla. Medtronic operates its spinal and biologics units from Memphis and also has operations in Jacksonville. The funding will also support the possible expansion of Teach For America into Minnesota.
The Medtronic Foundation has supported Teach For America since 1994, including providing $1 million in 2007 and 2008 for the development of the national math and science initiative.
Teach For America launched in Memphis in 2006 and the city is already considered one of the organization’s top sites. It has more than 100 teachers in Memphis at local schools. Teach For America recruits successful college graduates to commit to teach for two years in inner city schools. The organization’s goal is to attract more graduates to the teaching profession and also create a pool of potential school administrators.
Wendy Kopp, founder and CEO of Teach For America, says the expansion of the partnership between her organization and Medtronic will allow Teach For America to provide enhanced training to the 2,000 teachers it currently employs.
"By placing committed, well-prepared math and science teachers in areas of greatest need, we will increase student performance and spark student interest in these fields, which is so critical to our nation’s future," Kopp said in a statement.
— Staff
Memphis Business Journal
2009-06-11
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2009/06/08/daily32.html
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