1. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $5 million to gut microbiome research company Bactolife.
2. The University of Nevada Las Vegas Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine received a $40 million donation for the construction of an ASC.
3. Cleveland Clinic Weston (Fla.) received a $5 million donation for the digestive diseases center.
4. San Francisco-based Chinese Hospital received $7 million to expand outpatient surgery services.
5. Boulder (Colo.) Community Health will use $1 million of a $5 million donation to update its ASC.
6. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Children’s Health established a pediatric GI center following a $70 million donation.
7. Monmouth Medical Center (Eatontown, N.J.) received $10 million for its outpatient center.
8. The University of California San Diego Shiley Eye Institute received a $10 million donation.
9. Mark Twain Medical Center (San Andreas, Calif.) received a $3 million donation, which it will use to fund ASC renovations.
10. UC Davis Health Eye Center (Sacramento, Calif.) received $4 million for glaucoma research.
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