9-figure gift from John Shufeldt gives ASU medical school a new name

John Shufeldt knew he wanted to be a physician when he was 5 years old.

“I realized early on that everyone should have a shot at health, no matter where they are in the birth lottery,” said Shufeldt, who would go on to become an emergency medicine physician and the founder of multiple health initiatives.

So when the Arizona State University alum heard President Michael Crow talking about ASU Health — a broad effort to transform how health care is designed and delivered while also producing new physicians, nurses, specialists and scientists — he was all in.

Shufeldt is doing more than picking up a broom. The university on Wednesday announced a nine-figure gift, the second largest in university history, from Shufeldt to operate the new medical school, which will be known as the John Shu