Distinguished Alumni Award

Daniel Grossman ’03 is an emergency medicine physician and business leader who currently serves as the chief growth and strategy officer for Mayo Collaborative Services. Prior to his business role at Mayo Clinic, Grossman was the first-ever chief medical officer at Best Buy, where he was responsible for providing clinical leadership and guiding strategy and corporate development for Best Buy Health. He also founded and led Medtronic Labs, a business dedicated to transforming healthcare for underserved patients in emerging geographies. In addition to his business work, he practices emergency medicine at both Mayo Clinic and Stanford University.

Grossman trained in emergency medicine and completed a fellowship in international emergency medicine at Stanford University. While at Stanford he practiced clinically at John F. Kennedy Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia; worked with the largest ambulance system in India, GVK EMRI; and was a visiting professor at the University of Zimbabwe and Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. Grossman serves on the boards of the Walker Art Center and the Yaya Foundation for 4H Leukodystrophy.

After majoring in biology at St. Olaf, Grossman participated in the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his M.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and M.B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Business.