Patient Stories

Michelle Young recently lived up to the phrase "in sickness and in health" in a big way after she donated one of her kidneys to[...]

By In the Loop • May 17, 2018

  Steve Lyons wanted to do something to raise awareness about the melanoma after his diagnosis. So the longtime conductor composed an original piece of[...]

By In the Loop • May 15, 2018

It would be understandable if a person diagnosed with incurable cancer didn't feel like spreading joy to fellow patients in need of a smile. Katie[...]

By In the Loop • May 15, 2018

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[...]

By In the Loop • May 10, 2018

Thanks to the immediate care she received at Mayo Clinic, 42-year-old Urvashi Patel is living proof that a stroke can happen to anyone at any[...]

By In the Loop • May 10, 2018

At 22, college athlete and elite runner Gabriele Grunewald was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Today she continues to run, not only for[...]

By In the Loop • May 8, 2018

When Ericka Downey saw a tweet about college basketball coach Billy Gillispie needing a kidney transplant, she was determined to find him a donor. She[...]

By In the Loop • May 3, 2018

Staff in the mailrooms across Mayo Clinic are constantly busy, delivering around 90,000 pieces of mail each day. But they're never too busy for a[...]

By In the Loop • May 1, 2018

After Chris Norton was injured during a college football game in 2010, doctors gave him just a 3 percent chance of regaining any movement below[...]

By In the Loop • April 26, 2018

After Daniel Grossman, M.D., was paralyzed in a biking accident, he needed to learn how to do everything — including care for patients — in[...]

By In the Loop • April 24, 2018