March 8, 2016
Mayo Nurse Honored With Extraordinary Healer Award by Her Patient
By In the Loop
Each year, CURE magazine gives readers a chance to honor an oncology nurse who they believe “went above and beyond to help them heal” by nominating them for the magazine’s annual Extraordinary Healer Award. Patients are asked to support their nomination with an essay about “the compassion, expertise and helpfulness” their nurse showed in their care. […]
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Tags: Emily Knight, Oncology
May 12, 2015
Dr. Judith Kaur — Teacher, Healer, Role Model
By In the Loop
Her grandmother first suggested she had potential to be a healer. Today, Dr. Judith Kaur, one of two American Indian medical oncologists in the country, is planting a similar seed with a new generation of Native American youth.
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Tags: Dr Judith Kaur, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Native American Programs, Oncology
August 14, 2014
Giving Owen, and others like him, a Brighter Tomorrow
By In the Loop
Paula Shaner-McDermott’s voice still cracks when she talks about the day in 2010 when Vilmarie Rodriguez, M.D., walked into her son Owen’s room on the Saint Marys campus of Mayo Clinic Hospital and sat down beside her. In the doorway, just as they had for some time now, stood about 20 other doctors of various specialties, as everyone continued […]
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Tags: Dr. Vilmarie Rodriguez, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Oncology, Owatonna
July 24, 2014
Team Ginny – A show of support for one of their own
By In the Loop
Ginny Kelley with Drs. David Zapala, Larry Lundy and David Walker If there’s comfort in knowing your care team, Ginny Kelley must have felt like she was visiting an old friend when, after being diagnosed with breast cancer in April, she went in for a double mastectomy and started chemotherapy. Because, well, the Otolaryngology nurse […]
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Tags: Breast Cancer, David Walker, Dr. David Zapala, Dr. Larry Lundy, Dr. Ryan Hutchinson, Dr. Sarah McLaughlin, Ginny Kelley, Jacksonville, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Oncology
July 22, 2014
Adventures in Mayo Clinic Ventures
By In the Loop
When you think about entrepreneurs and breakthrough inventions, you might imagine someone tinkering with a gadget (perhaps a doohickey or thingamajig) in a garage. You might not, however, picture a Mayo researcher tinkering with peptides to fight hypertension, creating a tracking system for viruses, or fashioning a tool to make medical information easier to read […]
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Tags: Dr. Horng Chen, Dr. John Burnett, Dr. Randall Walker, hypertension, Infectious Diseases, Kah Whye Peng, Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Oncology, technology