Dr. Frank Cerra

  • Devices & Diagnostics, Policy

    Is Minnesota’s big diabetes project the real deal?

    In launching Decade of Discovery, a $250 million-to-$350 million diabetes partnership, the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic are opting for an approach that requires the help of virtually everyone with a stake in Minnesota’s healthcare economy: hospitals, payers, food manufacturers, device companies, biotech startups.

    / Oct 21, 2010 at 3:52 PM
  • Cerra leaves University of Minnesota with a mixed legacy

    A quick scan of Dr. Frank Cerra’s 14-year tenure as head of the University of Minnesota’s health science programs causes one word to come to mind: “Big.” Yet big doesn’t always mean better. In fact, big can be downright ugly. Under Cerra’s watch, the medical school suffered what critics call embarrassing ethical lapses between its physicians and industry.

    / Sep 29, 2010 at 12:47 PM