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February 26, 2024

7-ish Questions: Melody Griffith on finding her calling in medical social work, meeting needs of young patients with cancer

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Melody Griffith shares her inspiration for starting a program for adolescents and young adults with cancer who need different resources and support than adult patients with cancer. Social work — and specifically medical social work — is more than a job or career for Melody Griffith. It’s a calling, she says. Griffith, who has been at […]

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January 23, 2023

Making surgery work for Mayo nurse through Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program

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The Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program was created to help patients who prefer not to receive donor blood or who are unable to receive blood products. It meant the world to Kenichea Nichols. Kenichea Nichols, a nursing education specialist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is used to advocating for her patients and colleagues. When she […]

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November 15, 2022

Collaboration leads to better oral care, prevents pneumonia for patients in intensive care

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A collaboration between Dental Specialties and Cardiovascular Surgical Intensive Care Unit staff at Mayo Clinic in Rochester led to a pilot project where dental hygienists provide critical care patients with much-needed oral care and help prevent ventilator-assisted pneumonia. Patients who are hospitalized in an intensive care unit can often be at risk for acquiring ventilator-associated […]

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Tags: Cardiovascular surgical intensive care, Dental Specialties, Sarah Hoerler


September 15, 2022

Bidding the Colonial Building farewell

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The remaining section of the Colonial Building in Rochester is making way for a new structure connecting the Jacobson and Eisenberg buildings. Staff are sharing their memories of the building. Mayo Clinic’s skyline in downtown Rochester is changing. Demolition of the Colonial Building is underway as part of an expansion of proton beam therapy services […]

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Tags: Colonial Building, Jan Bruhnke, Lynelle Campeau, Proton Beam Therapy Program, Valmik Patel


June 1, 2022

In retrospect: Letter from bone marrow transplant recipient to her 19-year-old self celebrates survival

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Wendy Zins writes a letter to her 19-year-old self on the anniversary of her bone marrow transplant each year. The letter is a reminder and acknowledgment of the key people and things that helped her survive. Wendy Zins was 18, had just graduated from high school, and was looking forward to the next chapter in […]

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Tags: Bone Marrow Transplant, Dr. Louis Letendre, Dr. Morie Gertz


February 27, 2020

Dominican Sister: Serving Patients Is ‘A Reminder That God Is Everywhere’

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Sister Marie Anna Stelmach has been a Dominican Sister for 56 years, taking on roles of teacher, chaplain, nurse and missionary. Her current role is as a volunteer at Mayo Clinic.

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Tags: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Franciscan heritage, Franciscan Sisters, Hand massage, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Mayo Clinic Volunteer Services, Saint Marys Campus


January 30, 2020

Rochester Restaurants Rally to Save Lives Through ‘Fun and Friendly’ Competition

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From Feb. 3 to April 30, seven Rochester restaurants will participate in a competition designed to serve up as much lifesaving blood as possible for the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program.

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Tags: Battle of the Badges, Lauren E. Brown, Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program


November 7, 2019

Ambulance From Mayo Clinic Finds New Life in Haiti

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Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service’s recent donation will arrive in Carrefour, Haiti, next month after Chris Hedlund, an emergency medical technician, went the extra mile to make it happen.

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Tags: Chris Hedlund, Matt Will, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service, Mayo Clinic in Rochester


November 7, 2019

Ensuring the Franciscan Values Survive

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The Sisters of Saint Francis, who cared for patients alongside the Mayos and helped establish the values that guide Mayo Clinic, still influence how health care is provided today.

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Tags: Dr. Robert Brown Jr., Karis Award, Mayo Clinic Values, Mayo Clinic Values Council, Sisters of Saint Francis


October 3, 2019

‘Pints for Preemies’ Challenge Returns to Deliver More Life-Saving Blood Donations

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The goal of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program’s upcoming campaign, Pints for Preemies, is to adequately supply Mayo Clinic with enough blood for its newest and tiniest patients.

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Tags: blood transfusion, Dr Justin Kreuter, Mayo Clinic Ambulance Service, Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center, Mayo Clinic Connect


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