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SPH students place second in Medtronic Case Competition

Charlie Plain | October 22, 2014
Medtronic Case Competition 2014 compressed
Pictured L to R: Abbey Holt, Maria Tkacz, Phillip Thomas, Chinmay Manohar, Sumukh Sathnur, Aditya Newalkar and Medtronic CFO Gary Ellis.

MHA students Sumukh Sathnur (‘16) and Maria Tkacz (‘16) were among a team of University of Minnesota students who placed second in the 6th Annual Medtronic Case Competition, September 26, at Medtronic Headquarters in Minneapolis.

Sathnur, Tkacz and teammates presented recommendations for addressing Type 2 Diabetes in Mexico. More than 100 students in 23 teams from the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan competed this year.

Other team members were Abbey Holt, Neuroscience PhD student, Chinmay Manohar, MBA student, Aditya Newalkar, MBA student, and Phillip Thomas, MD student.

~ Post by Mona Rath

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