Mayo Clinic in Rochester

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

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

Mayo employees Jennifer Techau and Jonathan Hagberg were hoping for a beautiful spring day for their April wedding, but Mother Nature had other plans. Jennifer[...]

By In the Loop • May 3, 2018

Greg Redmond and his family faced a number of uncertainties after he was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. But one thing was clear: his[...]

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

Early last month, Aditya Shah, M.D., a fellow in infectious diseases, was on a return flight to Minneapolis when his medical training at Mayo Clinic[...]

By In the Loop • April 17, 2018

When doctors told Ed Nelson he needed a new liver and kidney, he initially didn’t believe he deserved both transplants. His family and his care[...]

By In the Loop • April 12, 2018

Lynn Benrud was covering her weekly lunchtime volunteer shift at Mayo Clinic when she met the man she was going to marry. Seven years after[...]

By In the Loop • April 12, 2018