The executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations is out after the FBI told the hospital system that he made financial transactions that violated internal policies.
Gary Fingerhut, who became executive director in 2013, allegedly engaged in financial transactions with one of the clinic's spin-off companies. The FBI is not investigating Cleveland Clinic and would not confirm or deny whether the agency is formally investigating Fingerhut. has left the Cleveland Clinic after the FBI told the hospital system that he made financial transactions that violated the hospital system's internal policies.
The chairman of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, Thomas Graham, MD, will serve as executive director of the unit while the clinic searches for Fingerhut's replacement.
Fingerhut joined Innovations as its general manager for IT commercialization four years ago. He was chosen to replace Chris Coburn as executive director in 2013.
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