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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research hospital headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. [1]
The American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) is an American nonprofit organization. Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1957, its purpose is exclusively to raise funds for and awareness of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. [1]
St. Jude Medical Center is a faith-based, not-for-profit hospital, [1] located in Fullerton, California, which was established by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange in 1957. [ 2 ]
Nonprofit ratings organization Charity Navigator says St. Jude ranks third among its most-followed charities, behind Doctors Without Borders and the American Red Cross. Charity Navigator also ...
It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with annual expenses, as of 2018, of over US$1.4 billion funded by nearly US$1.5 billion in donations. [27] Further, the World Health Organization has named St. Jude's as its first "Collaborating Center for Childhood Cancer" to help increase survival rates on rare pediatric cancer from 20% to as much as ...
St. Jude Medical was founded in 1976 to further develop bi-leaflet artificial heart valves, which were originally created in 1972 at the University of Minnesota. [4] [5] St. Jude Medical's bi-leaflet valve was developed in large part by Dr. Demetre Nicoloff of the University of Minnesota and St. Jude Medical employee Don Hanson.
Flattening sales at St. Jude is pressuring the company to reenergize its product portfolio ahead of reform-driven demand for cardiac care. That's led to recent acquisitions including a $170 ...
St. Jude: Beating back the woes St. Jude isn't immune to the CRM market's woes; if anything it's in an even worse position than Boston Scientific. Nearly 52% of the company's total sales came from ...