This video interview with Dr. Samir Mardini, MD, of the Mayo Clinic provides background information on a major gift from Mr. Tarek Obaid in the name of his parents. You can find more in this SUSRIS article:
Saudi Family Major Gift to Mayo Clinic is Emblem of Generosity:
The world renowned Mayo Clinic will receive a major financial gift from Mr. Tarek Obaid of Saudi Arabia in the name of his family to support a new medical center. The Clinic, the first and largest integrated not-for-profit medical group practice in the world, will receive a $10 million donation from the Obaid family, according to a Clinic press release last week. Mr. Obaid is making the gift in honor of his parents. It will be used to establish the Essam and Dalal Obaid Center for Reconstructive Transplant Surgery. The center will include an honored scholar position named after his grandfather Ahmad Obaid, an endowed program fund, and an operating fund, also named in honor of the Obaid family.
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