Archive for October 2022

When someone has a stroke, every second is crucial. The longer it takes to receive treatment, the more likely it is that damage to the brain will occur. “The mantra is ‘time is brain,’” explains Dr. James Meschia, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and stroke expert. “The sooner they get treatment, the better patients do.” World…

It can take years to get a psoriatic disease diagnosis, and no one knows that better than Katie Roberts, who waited a decade for doctors to make the call. She shares her diagnosis story and talks about what it’s really like to live with psoriatic disease. We also hear from Elizabeth Ortiz, MD, about the…

The Mayo Clinic Neuroscience – Neurosurgery Lecture Series on 07-11-2022 featured a Keynote Lecture by Dr. Micheal Lumintang Leo.

The Mayo Clinic Neuroscience – Neurosurgery Lecture Series on 07-25-2022 featured a Keynote Lecture by Dr. Curtis E. Doberstein.

The pediatric residents take you to some of our favorite places on campus, around Rochester, and in the surrounding area. This tour will give you a glimpse of where we spend our time in the hospital, and where we enjoy food, drink, and recreation outside the hospital. As a bonus, you get to meet some…

This presentation was done for Rochester’s Center for Individualized Medicine Grand Rounds series on September 29th , 2022. Heidi Rehm, PhD, FACMG Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital Chief Genomics Officer, Department of Medicine, MGH Professor of Pathology, MGH, BWH, Harvard Medical School Co-Director, Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute Medical and…

Just like a traveler uses a road map to find the most appropriate route to a destination, Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons are using a different kind of map to determine the best way to operate on the brain. Using imaging, such as an MRI, doctors determine the areas of your brain that control vision, language and…

Project SEARCH is a high school transition program designed to give students with disabilities the training and skills they need to transition from school to competitive employment. Students are selected annually to begin their journey of discovery. They learn from Mayo Clinic employees during internships while building confidence. After graduation, they start their career at…

Project SEARCH is a high school transition program designed to give students with disabilities the training and skills they need to transition from school to competitive employment. Students are selected annually to begin their journey of discovery. They learn from Mayo Clinic employees during internships while building confidence. After graduation, they start their career at…

Endometriosis is often a painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus — the endometrium — grows outside the uterus. “Endometriosis is a very common condition,” explains Dr. Tatnai Burnett, a gynecologic surgeon at Mayo Clinic. “Most of our studies, which are looking at women who…