Medicine · Innovation · Healthy Living · Generosity
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Giving, legacy, and making the extra years matter.
How much good is your charitable dollar actually doing? Dr. Engasser tours the community organizations of Minnesota, Naples, and Buffalo — from Phillips Neighborhood Clinic and HCMC to Dunwoody, Lorenzo Walker, and St. Matthew's House — and shares five questions worth asking before any significant donation.
Read MoreDr. Engasser trained at the old Minneapolis General Hospital in 1975 and helped welcome the new Hennepin County Medical Center in 1976. Nearly fifty years later, he reflects on a residents' photograph worth a thousand memories — and why this Level I trauma center belongs to all of Minnesota.
Read MoreOur parents were the Greatest Generation. Could Baby Boomers become the Generous Generation? Dr. Engasser reflects on the historic transfer of wealth, the growing gap between the haves and have-nots, and how generosity with our money, time, and experience could become our generation's greatest legacy.
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