Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic in Florida’
October 22, 2019
Florida Women Get By With a Little Help From Their Friendship (and Mayo Clinic)
By In the Loop 
Lisa Kosak and Jan Chnupa met by chance on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus, but the two became fast friends and now offer each other support as they face chronic health conditions.
Tags: Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, Asthma, Breast Cancer, Dr. Daniel Macklin, Dr. Jorge Mallea, Dr. Paul Young, Dr. Sarvam TerKonda, Dr. Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, fibromyalgia, lung valves, Mayo Clinic in Florida
October 1, 2019
Nurse Anesthetist Volunteers, Urges Others: Don’t Forget the Bahamas
By In the Loop
Michele Woodrum, a CRNA at Mayo Clinic, didn’t hesitate when a friend invited her to Hope Town in the Bahamas to provide health care to islanders after last month’s hurricane.
September 26, 2019
After Knee Replacement, David Knisely Records 10 Million Steps, 5,000 Miles on New Knee
By In the Loop
Although it’s been nearly three years since his knee replacement, David Knisely keeps in touch with his Mayo Clinic surgeon to report on where — and how far — that knee has taken him in retirement.
Tags: Dr. Cedric Ortiguera, knee replacement, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Orthopedic Surgery
September 24, 2019
Get Me to the Church on Time: Transplant Patient Surprises Daughter on Wedding Day
By In the Loop
Just three weeks after a combined liver and kidney transplant at Mayo Clinic in Florida, Chris Nutter was able to fly to New York to surprise his daughter and walk her down the aisle.
Tags: Dr. Burcin Taner, Dr. Raj Satyanarayana, Dr. Shennen Mao, Jennifer Ayers, Kidney transplant, liver transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Transplant Center
July 23, 2019
Helping Families Talk to Kids About Cancer
By In the Loop
A program that provides support for families of cancer patients was just what Sean Snyder and his son, Evan, had been looking for since his wife was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer.
Tags: Autumn Jones, Chrys Yates, CLIMB, Family First, Lyndra P. Daniel Center for Humanities in Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida
July 18, 2019
Leukemia Patient Becomes Advocate for Diversity on Bone Marrow Registry
By In the Loop
Aja Fisher’s dream of becoming a doctor was put on hold after a leukemia diagnosis. She’s sharing her story to help raise awareness of the need for bone marrow donors among minority populations.
Tags: Bone Marrow Transplant, Chemotherapy, Dr. Ernesto Ayala, Dr. James Foran, Leukemia, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Mayo Clinic News Network
June 6, 2019
Desperate No More: Jimmy Farhat’s Pleas for Kidney End at Mayo Clinic
By In the Loop
Jimmy Farhat has spent three years on the kidney transplant list, sharing his story with anyone who would listen. That wait will come to an end soon, thanks to an anonymous donor.
Tags: dialysis, Kidney transplant, Living Donor Transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Polycystic Kidney Disease
May 9, 2019
Special Delivery: Florida EMT Helps Transport New Heart for Uncle
By In the Loop
Teddy Ross, an emergency medical technician, had just driven a heart by ambulance to Mayo Clinic when he realized that the heart was for his uncle, who was there awaiting a transplant.
Tags: Dr. Rohan Goswami, heart failure, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
April 18, 2019
Mayo Clinic Offers New Hope to Patients With COPD
By In the Loop
Wayne Peterson came to Mayo knowing it may be his last chance to find relief from COPD. What he didn’t know was that he’d be the first in Minnesota to undergo a new, life changing lung procedure.
Tags: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Care, Dr. Eric Edell, Dr. Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Emphysema, Interventional Pulmonology, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
April 16, 2019
For Dr. Joy Wolfram and Team, the Future of Cancer Treatment Is in the (Nanoparticle) Details
By In the Loop
Mayo Clinic’s Joy Wolfram, Ph.D., is recognized by Forbes in the magazine’s “30 under 30” list for her and her team’s innovative research aimed at revolutionizing targeted cancer treatments. Being named to a Forbes Magazine list probably isn’t on the radar of many researchers, especially those just starting their careers. But Mayo Clinic’s Joy Wolfram, […]
Tags: Cancer, Dr. Joy Wolfram, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Nanomedicine and Extracellular Vesicles Laboratory