Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic Care Network’
May 1, 2014
Celebrating a different kind of birthday
In April, Sally Jacobson of Grand Forks, N.D., celebrated a very special birthday … for her liver. The Grand Forks Herald reports that Jacobson’s liver turned 90 on April 23, even though she herself is only 69. It was an interesting take on a birthday that wouldn’t have been possible had Jacobson not received a life-saving […]
Tags: Altru Health System, chronic autoimmune hepatitis disease, cirrhosis, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic Care Network, sudden infant death syndrome, transplantation
April 22, 2014
Kingman and Mayo, through a patient’s eyes
Back in 2011, Kingman Regional Medical Center in Kingman, Ariz., became just the second member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. And this week (Monday, to be exact), Kingman was the first stop on the cross-country tour of Mayo Clinic’s Sesquicentennial mobile exhibit. Before becoming a member of the care network, Kingman and its physicians and […]
Tags: Christopher Johansen, Kingman Regional Medical Center, Mayo Clinic Care Network