POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all persons by these presents, that I have granted to
Pamela S. Krop, Stephen Kozachok, James W. A. Ladner and Elizabeth Porter,
a limited, revocable power of attorney effective May 15, 2007, for the
sole purpose of obtaining SEC EDGAR access codes and passwords and
filing any Form 3, Form 4,  Form 5 or any other form or report the
undersigned may be required to file under Section 16 of the
Securities Act of 1934, as amended, or any amendment to any such
form or report, on my behalf with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission in connection with my association
with St. Jude Medical, Inc.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand.



Eric S. Fain, M.D.