A chance encounter with a Mayo Clinic chaplain at a conference in Costa Rica brought Dr. Brenda Toboada Ovando from Bolivia to Mankato, Minnesota. She's taking the lessons in hospice care she learned at Mayo Clinic Health System back to Bolivia.
At just 3 years old, Cadence Rohrbaugh was diagnosed with epilepsy. Her seizures, up to 12 a day, threatened to limit her future. But thanks to her Mayo Clinic care team, Cadence went on to graduate from high school with honors and has started college. She celebrated with a special guest at her grad party.
When she started noticing abnormalities in her son's speech development, Allison Schley sprang into action. She shares how Ben is now confident and thriving, thanks[...]
The Mayo brothers were once featured in a brochure J.C. Penney distributed shortly after World War II as part of a back-to-school promotion. However, not all facts presented surrounding the Mayos represented reality.
During her time working at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Rebecca Chiera formed a special connection with a Caring Canine named Kalvin. After Rebecca had a difficult surgery, she knew a visit from Kalvin was just what she needed to feel better.
Learn how Sister Lauren gave a final gift to staff after she passed, how Arizona colleagues teamed up to organize a birthday party for a patient, and how a Facebook photo stirred up a lot of gratitude from staff and patients.
Leaders and students from the early years of Mayo's M.D.-Ph.D. program share their recollections on the program in its infancy and how it grew to become a respected program despite some early and unexpected roadblocks.
Mayo Clinic recently welcomed two facility dogs to its team. Learn how these specially trained team members are making a difference for patients.
Respiratory therapists work throughout Mayo Clinic with patients having trouble breathing. Read what some of them in Florida say about their roles and why they work at Mayo Clinic.
In this all-Sisters edition of Here and There, read about an ice cream social to celebrate Sister Lauren, learn how the Sisters of Saint Francis coordinated a refresh center for staff working outside during a hot spell, and find out which items will be preserved in a time capsule in the Sister Lauren Weinandt Staff Gazebo.
Caitlyn Hendrickson, a student in the Echocardiography Program at the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences, volunteers for Play for Patrick heart screening events held at Minnesota high schools to help keep student athletes safe. She shares how her volunteer activities helped her choose her career path.
The Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program organized eight emergency scenarios around the Rochester area for trainees this week, including one at Cook Park in northwest Rochester.