--- title: "3 Toby Cosgrove Quotes - Famous Surgeon" description: "American Vietnam War veteran and heart surgeon... | Delos Marshall \"Toby\" Cosgrove is an American Vietnam War veteran and former heart surgeon. He serve..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/toby-cosgrove-85260_heart-surgery_patients-may-not-know-how-to-measure-cli_1058613.jpg" --- # Toby Cosgrove (1940) Surgeon **3** quotes in **5** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Toby Cosgrove is a surgeon. ## Quick Facts About Toby Cosgrove Born January 1, 1940 Profession Surgeon ## About Toby Cosgrove American Vietnam War veteran and heart surgeon... \| Delos Marshall "Toby" Cosgrove is an American Vietnam War veteran and former heart surgeon. He served as the president and chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic from 2004 until 2017. ## Quotes by Toby Cosgrove > [“Patients may not know how to measure clinical outcomes, and they may not understand the technical know-how that a doctor must have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-cosgrove/patients-may-not-know-how-to-measure-clinical-outcomes-and-they-may/) Toby Cosgrove [Doctor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doctor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/toby-cosgrove-85260_heart-surgery_patients-may-not-know-how-to-measure-cli_1058613.jpg) > [“True creativity in medicine doesn't take place within disciplines so much as it does at the boundaries between disciplines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-cosgrove/true-creativity-in-medicine-doesn-t-take-place-within-disciplines-so/) Toby Cosgrove [Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/296/toby-cosgrove-85260_creativity_true-creativity-in-medicine-doesn-t-take_1334780.jpg) > [“Putting together a care path for a complex disease or condition requires the involvement of doctors, nurses, administrators, and support personnel at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toby-cosgrove/putting-together-a-care-path-for-a-complex-disease-or-condition/) Toby Cosgrove [Leader](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/leader/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/toby-cosgrove-85260_medicine_putting-together-a-care-path-for-a-compl_2207287.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toby-cosgrove/#itemlist", "name": "Toby Cosgrove Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Patients may not know how to measure clinical outcomes, and they may not understand the technical know-how that a doctor must have in order to perform a complex heart surgery or neurosurgery, but they can form clear judgments about their experience. 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