Patient Stories

As a child, Lydia Pankratz spent more than two years in and out of the hospital for cancer treatment. The care she received from staff[...]

By In the Loop • February 6, 2020

It took just four hours (and a lot of last-minute help from colleagues) for nurse David Fogarty to pull together a double wedding and create a lasting memory for a patient's family.

By In the Loop • February 4, 2020

When Ava Weitl had trouble signing in to the patient portal, she took her problem to the source: the team responsible for the app. It[...]

By In the Loop • January 30, 2020

A pilot program offered through Mayo Clinic's Center for Humanities in Medicine in Arizona gives patients the opportunity to heal through the art of flamenco[...]

By In the Loop • January 23, 2020

Jeff Jensen was training for his first marathon when his doctor discovered a heart murmur that led to surgery to replace a valve. A year[...]

By In the Loop • January 21, 2020

Jennifer Ronnenberg, a double lung transplant patient, along with her husband, Rob, and Mayo experts will participate in a panel discussion following a showing of[...]

By In the Loop • January 21, 2020

When NBC News correspondent Kristen Dahlgren came to Mayo Clinic to report on a new study, she thought it was just another routine assignment. Three years later, she credits it with saving her life.

By In the Loop • January 14, 2020

The crew inside Mayo One, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service's emergency medical helicopters, has everything it needs to handle emergencies and get patients safely to a Mayo hospital.

By In the Loop • January 14, 2020

In the year since they lost their son Caleb to leukemia, Jeff and Tori Ulrichs and their son, Keegan, have begun honoring Caleb's memory by[...]

By In the Loop • January 7, 2020

An eclectic group of Mayo patients found themselves woven into a lasting friendship formed by the support they showed one another through treatments for prostate[...]

By In the Loop • January 7, 2020