Fall 2018
The Gift
Volume 32, Issue 2
Yasmin Mullings sat alone in her hospital room completing her advance directive. At 51, she had end-stage heart failure.
By working together and sharing the knowledge and expertise that only Mayo Clinic can provide, patients seen in Mayo Clinic Health System receive the best care to get well and stay well. With more than 60 locations and 1,000 providers, every patient has the convenience to find trusted Mayo Clinic care close to wherever they live, work and play.
"Mayo Clinic’s pillars of patient care, education and research reflect and inculcate core values requisite in health care sciences and humanity. Mayo Clinic’s philosophy of practice mirrors the Sanskrit term for the Buddhist concept of mudita (contentment from selfless and compassionate action to bring happiness to or relieve suffering of others). These principles and our personal experiences over the last 37 years at Mayo Clinic motivate our continuing support of Mayo Foundation."
While their youngest daughter's tumor may return, Iowa family chooses to be happy, hopeful during cancer journey
By working together and sharing the knowledge and expertise that only Mayo Clinic can provide, patients seen in Mayo Clinic Health System receive the best care to get well and stay well. With more than 60 locations and 1,000 providers, every patient has the convenience to find trusted Mayo Clinic care close to wherever they live, work and play.
When care became personal, Rozalina McCoy, M.D., understood lingering fears despite excellence in evidence-based treatment
The greatest triumphs of Mayo Clinic trustee Mary Sue Coleman, Ph.D., come not from her perDr. Coleman’s quiet, consistent style as president of the University of Iowa for seven years and the University of Michigan for 12 more was successful because of her philosophy of positivity. It has guided her professional activities through decades of turmoil and triumph.
A complex problem sometimes needs a simple solution. Mental health care in the United States is a complex issue, but with a small change to the way adults with mental illnesses are treated, Sylvan C. Herman is showing change for the better is possible.
As the door opens into Lou and Laurie Appignani’s home, Miami seems a world away. Most striking is a precisely arranged collection of ceremonial masks from their visits to Papua New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Each mask has its own story — stories that Lou happily shares.
By working together and sharing the knowledge and expertise that only Mayo Clinic can provide, patients seen in Mayo Clinic Health System receive the best care to get well and stay well. With more than 60 locations and 1,000 providers, every patient has the convenience to find trusted Mayo Clinic care close to wherever they live, work and play.