Florida
A clinical trial helps bring a patient a new lung.
Mayo Clinic program gives students a sneak peek at rewarding health careers.
Taking care of the community is important to these benefactors.
Sara Colombo walked out of her ultrasound appointment with no hope after a Miami-based doctor gave a grim prognosis. In a few days, he said, Sara’s extremely anemic fetus would be stillborn, just shy of 20 weeks.
Kent R. Thielen, M.D., sees opportunity everywhere as he scans the landscape of Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida, which is why he’s especially excited about his new role.
Florida woman receives cutting-edge cancer treatment.
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.
Lizbeth Llanos
"In 2013 I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Internet searches are terrifying because there is only a 9 percent survival rate for five years. ... God gave me this time, and I am going to make the most of it. With others, I hold a celebrity golf event called Champions for Hope to raise awareness and fund research to find an early detection method for pancreatic cancer. I feel confident the research team at Mayo will discover a test that will give countless others a longer life."