Archive for January 2023

We welcome panelists Dr. Laura Makaroff (American Cancer Society), Melissa Buffalo (American Indian Cancer Foundation:, Dr. Katherine Price (Mayo Clinic) to talk about: 1) The impact of COVID on cancer screening, 2) cancer prevention guidelines, and 3) strategies for getting on track with cancer prevention care and resources. Please evaluate the event here: https://surveys.mayoclinic.org/jfe/form/SV_9BmSgmqWnM4JiKy 3:02…

Learn  about the role and responsibilities Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Patient Navigators and social workers play in providing comprehensive care for patients. We will also hear from a patient currently working with a Patient Navigator at Mayo Clinic – Florida. Moderator: Angie Young; Panelists: Brandon Le, Veronica Smith, Michelle Walsh, L.C.S.W. 0:00 – Welcome…

Laura E. Raffals, M.D., a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses different ways to treat and manage patients with IBD, including cutting-edge technologies and research.

The Motility Clinic consists of physicians who have special training and interests in disorders of gastrointestinal motility. Three of the physicians within the clinic share their thoughts about motility care.

Innovations in treatment for pancreatic cancer and chronic conditions within the pancreas give physicians a positive outlook for the future. By identifying patients at higher risk of issues, early treatment is possible and can lead to better outcomes.

Physicians at the Esophageal Clinic at Mayo Clinic discuss some of the impacts of issues with the esophagus as well as treatment options that are available within the clinic.

Physicians in the GI Neoplasia Clinic specialize in the prevention, early detection, diagnostic evaluation and integrated management of luminal gastrointestinal pre-cancers and cancers. Physicians discuss several different ways to diagnose and determine risk of gastrointestinal cancers.

The Hepatobiliary Clinic uses a team approach to provide patients with thorough, timely, cost effective evaluations of liver disorders and deliver specific care based on patient needs.

Physicians within Mayo Clinic created the bariatric recovery clinic to treat patients who have had complications after bariatric surgery. Procedures are performed with small or no incisions.

For nearly five decades, Patti Shultz’s life was defined by debilitating health conditions that restricted her abilities and caused her to feel isolated. In 2020, after an exhaustive, nearly five-decade arduous journey of ongoing medical evaluations and misdiagnoses, Patti’s health care team, led by Lisa A. Schimmenti, M.D. in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Clinical Genomics,…