Mayo Clinic has received a $20 million gift from Red Wing native Dwight Diercks and his wife, Dian, to promote the use of artificial intelligence for early detection and intervention of cancer.
The announcement, made Thursday, said the funds will also be used to support the Mayo Clinic Platform, the technology project at the forefront of Mayo’s plans to reshape the future of healthcare.
The platform involves using troves of de-identified patient data to develop cutting-edge diagnostics and treatments.
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In recognition of their gift, Mayo will establish the Dwight and Dian Diercks President, Mayo Clinic Platform, and create the Heidi Diercks Krause Fund in AI Innovation for Cancer, named in honor of Mr. Diercks’ late sister, who received treatment at Mayo.
The AI work will include developing advanced generative AI to better understand an individual’s risk of getting cancer, allowing clinicians to intervene even before cancer can be diagnosed.
“We can’t afford to wait years or decades for new AI breakthroughs in healthcare. People need new therapies and cures now,” says Mr. Diercks. “Dian and I truly believe that the Mayo Clinic Platform and AI innovation will be the keys to better predicting diseases like cancer, so physicians can intervene sooner with more effective treatments that save, extend or improve the quality of patient lives. It gives me comfort knowing my sister’s legacy will live on through these efforts to transform cancer care for everyone. Heidi lived for her family, and having additional time with her husband, Scott, and daughter, Kate, meant the world to her. In the future, we hope that extension of time can be amplified tenfold for others.”
Dwight Diercks is the son of a mailman who grew up working on his family’s pig farm less than 50 miles from Mayo’s Rochester campus.
He joined chipmaker NVIDIA in 1994 as the company’s 22nd employee and today serves as its senior vice president. The contribution to Mayo follows a $34 million gift the Diercks made to the Milwaukee School of Engineering in 2017.
“The Dierckses’ visionary investment will bolster Mayo Clinic’s efforts through the Platform to curate the world’s de-identified data, empower solution developers and transform healthcare around the world,” says John Halamka, M.D., the inaugural Dwight and Dian Diercks President, Mayo Clinic Platform. “Through the reach of Mayo Clinic Platform, the Dierckses’ remarkable generosity will accelerate new innovations that fundamentally change how health systems and care teams provide care to improve patients’ lives,” says Dr. Halamka, who also holds the Michael D. Brennan, M.D., President’s Strategic Initiative Professorship.
Mayo Clinic Platform is a key focus of Mayo Clinic’s Bold. Forward. strategy to transform healthcare globally.
Disrupting the traditional pipeline paradigm, Mayo Clinic Platform brings together solution developers, data partners, and healthcare organizations to collaborate around secure, de-identified clinical data to create, validate, and scale digital health solutions.
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It currently offers access to a diverse dataset of 46 million de-identified and longitudinal patient records, AI model validation for accuracy and removal of bias, and streamlined clinical integration.
This transformative model is expediting a new era of revolutionary diagnostics and treatments that redefine the frontiers of patient care and well-being.
The Heidi Diercks Krause Fund in AI Innovation for Cancer will enable Mayo Clinic’s Generative Artificial Intelligence Program and Mayo Clinic’s Comprehensive Cancer Center to advance answers for cancer.
“We are profoundly grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Diercks for their support, which will help us bring the promise of AI to patients at the earliest phases of their care journeys,” says Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D., Mayo Clinic’s medical director for Strategy, chair of Radiology in Rochester and leader of the Generative Artificial Intelligence Program. “Cancer affects people from all walks of life, and leveraging AI to tackle and treat this devastating disease will be critical for improving outcomes for all patients.”
The $20 million donation from Dwight and Dian Diercks to Mayo Clinic is a transformative step towards integrating AI in early cancer detection and broader healthcare innovations.
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This investment not only honors a personal legacy but also sets the stage for groundbreaking advancements in medical diagnostics and treatment, underscoring the potential of AI to revolutionize healthcare.
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