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A Year Accelerating Answers
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Eds Note: Through expertise, innovation and a commitment to its patient-first values, Mayo Clinic plays a leading role in the worldwide pandemic response. Watch Mayo Clinic's recent virtual event of the organization's efforts here.
When the first patient arrived at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus with a suspected COVID-19 infection, a multidisciplinary care team was ready to respond. This team would later be known at Mayo as the “Super Six.”
In December, the Super Six were the first Mayo Clinic staff members in Rochester to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. It was a milestone in a transformative journey for these frontline care workers. For more than a year, Mayo Clinic staff have adapted to rapid change while ensuring the needs of patients come first.
Mayo Clinic’s patient-first pandemic response has come with challenges, but it has also presented opportunities to reimagine health care. Listen to members of the Super Six share their experiences and explain why Mayo Clinic’s pandemic response will transform the future of health care.
Ann Arneson describes her journey to Mayo Clinic as “divine design.” Ann — a retired teacher, a leader in her church and ministry, mother, grandmother, and line dance enthusiast — is Mayo Clinic’s first bone marrow transplant patient to recover at home thanks to the new advanced care at home program.
Darcy Reed's Mayo Clinic journey started 25 years ago, and she remembers well the first time she walked through the door as a student at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine.
Shannon T.N. Coombs has faced her share of adversity well before this year. So, managing — and thriving as a medical student — through a global pandemic is just another step toward her ultimate goal.