Major Gifts - Datascope Major Gift

Datascope Major Gift

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation is most pleased to announce that Datascope Corporation recently pledged $1 million towards the $3.75 million in matching funds needed for The Foundation to secure a $5 million grant from the NHLBI. These funds will be used to support the jointly sponsored TSFRE and NHLBI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award Program. The ten-year program is designed to develop outstanding cardiothoracic surgeon-scientists.

Datascope’s gift to The Thoracic Surgery Foundation is a very important step forward in TSF’s efforts to secure the NHLBI funds. For in 1999, the von Liebig Foundation also agreed to support The Foundation in this initiative if The Foundation could find other partners, such as Datascope, to commit to the matching funds.

The Foundation is extremely grateful to Datascope and to Mr. Lawrence Saper, President and CEO of Datascope, for this very generous support.