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November 13, 2018

Learning Mindfulness Helps Medical Students — and Their Future Patients

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Medical students from Mayo Clinic in Arizona attended a four-day course outside of their usual curriculum that was created to help them cope with the challenges of being a student and a care provider.

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Tags: Arizona State University, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Mindfulness


October 30, 2018

Wax Models Combine the Art and Science of Medicine

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In the early days of Mayo Clinic, before film and video were readily available, Mayo’s art department created thousands of lifelike wax sculptures to use for medical education.

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Tags: 3D printing, Barbara Woodward Lips Patient Education Center, Karen Koka, Peter McConahey, W. Bruce Fye Center for the History of Medicine


October 25, 2018

Former Mayo Patient and Fellow is Living His Childhood Dream

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Dr. Brandon Lane Phillips isn’t just a pediatric cardiologist. He’s also a congenital heart disease survivor whose patient experience at Mayo inspired him to return for a pediatric cardiology fellowship.

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Tags: Dr. Brandon Lane Phillips, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship, Tetralogy of Fallot


October 23, 2018

Research Program Lighting a SPARK for the Sciences in Florida High Schoolers

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Science-minded high school students in Florida are getting real-world experience as researchers thanks to a new program offered by Mayo Clinic’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. Dev Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu Pal, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Ph.D., Science Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge


October 4, 2018

103-year-old Methodist-Kahler Nursing Graduate Shares Mayo Memories, and Advice

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Eighty years ago, Rose Bayuk earned a nursing diploma, signed and presented to her by the Mayo brothers. She recently shared a lifetime of memories during a visit to Rochester.

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Tags: Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing


June 19, 2018

Minor Accommodations Make Major Impact in Hard-of-Hearing Student’s Success

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Before Lisa Yem began her clinical rotation in Central Services at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, staff were preparing to make sure her experience was a positive one. 

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Tags: Central Services, Language Services, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Scott Daughetee, Stephani Wolfe


May 10, 2018

Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program Gives Hope to Future Doctor

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Laura Barron says Mayo pediatrician Phil Fischer, M.D., and the pain rehab program saved her life. They also gave her life direction, as the one-time patient is now a medical student at Mayo.

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Tags: Dr. Phil Fischer, Laura Barron, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Pain Rehabilitation Center, pediatrics, Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS


March 22, 2018

Mayo Clinic Fellows Win Cardiology-Themed Jeopardy Competition

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Three Mayo Clinic fellows recently took home top honors in the American College of Cardiology’s latest Fellows-in-Training Jeopardy competition in Orlando, Florida.

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Tags: cardiology, Dr. Sunil Mankad, Dr. Vaibhav Vaidya, Dr. William Miranda, Dr. Yogesh Reddy


April 25, 2017

From Refugee to M.D.: Ahmed Mohamed’s Road to Mayo Clinic

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When Ahmed Mohamed’s family came to Rochester in 1996 seeking refuge from the civil war in Somalia, the 6-year-old knew only three words in English. But by the time he’d reached fourth grade, Ahmed had mastered English so well that he was able to graduate from Rochester Public Schools’ “English for Speakers of Other Languages” […]

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Tags: Dr. Ahmed Mohamed


February 16, 2017

Ice Fishing Safety With Gus the Mannequin and Dr. Thiels, the Resident Expert

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The past four years haven’t exactly been kind to Gus the Mannequin. Since making his debut in 2013, the star of Mayo’s “Saving Lives with Gus” video series has gone above and beyond the call to “educate, entertain and deliver lifesaving tips” to the public. He’s suffered frost bite, was saved from choking, and injured […]

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Tags: Dr. Cornelius Thiels, frost bite, hypothermia, Mayo Clinic Multidisciplinary Simulation Center


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