Category Archives: Events

Weavers Donate $7 Million to Mayo Clinic to Name Medical Simulation Center

September 7th, 2012 - 1:44 pm

Motivated by their commitment to better the Jacksonville community and improve the  lives of its citizens, J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver have given $7 million to the new Multidisciplinary Simulation Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida. The center will be named … Continue reading →

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Medica, Mayo Clinic Announce New Agreement

June 14th, 2012 - 2:17 pm

Mayo Clinic and Medica officials announced today that Medica coverage for individuals and families in twenty-two counties in southern Minnesota now will have in-network access to Mayo Clinic Health System and Mayo Clinic Rochester, effective for new members beginning July … Continue reading →

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Live Webcast Tuesday: The Dalai Lama on “Integrating Mindfulness in Healthcare”

April 23rd, 2012 - 11:20 am

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit the Rochester, Minn. campus of Mayo Clinic on Tuesday, April 24.  While here, he will discuss the topic of resilience through mindfulness during a special presentation at the Saint Marys Hospital Chapel from 10 … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Quality and Systems Engineering Conference Set for Next Month

April 18th, 2012 - 7:40 am

Three Mayo Clinic conferences focused on health care delivery – The Quality Academy Conference, The Conference on Systems Engineering/Operations Research in Health Care and The Mayo Clinic Health System Quality Innovation Conference – will be combined into a single event … Continue reading →

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Obesity Prevention Bus Makes a Stop in Minneapolis

January 24th, 2012 - 4:43 pm

Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. A rolling laboratory some people have nicknamed the “Obesity Prevention Bus” is bringing fitness to the office.   The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic today … Continue reading →

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Mayo-Karolinska Conference Kicks Off in Nobel Forum

December 1st, 2011 - 2:43 pm

The Nobel Forum at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm was the setting this morning for the start of a three day conference on medical research, education and innovation between the Swedish medical university and Mayo Clinic. Tomorrow the two institutions … Continue reading →

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Live From Orlando – Mayo Radio and Ophthalmology

October 22nd, 2011 - 12:48 pm

Mayo Clinic’s first live broadcast from a national medical conference is now history. Medical Edge Radio — hosted by Dr. Tom Shives and Tracy McCray — debuted from the Mayo booth on the exhibit floor here at the Orlando Convention … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon joins the U.S. Navy

October 17th, 2011 - 4:08 pm

Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon Kendall Lee, M.D., held a ceremony on Saturday, October 15th, in recognition of his commission into the U.S. Navy. “I want to serve the country that I believe in, I think this country has given me so … Continue reading →

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Getting stronger, year by year: Empowering women with heart disease

October 12th, 2011 - 3:00 pm

What happens when you bring together women who have heart disease and arm them with information and skills to talk to others about their disease? And wait, how about if you add time for them to talk with physicians one-on-one … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Announces Global Smoke-free Worksite Challenge at Clinton Global Initiative

September 21st, 2011 - 10:02 am

Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Mayo Clinic today announced a partnership with other organizations to develop a Global Smoke-free Worksite Challenge. The partners are committed to making their worksites 100 percent … Continue reading →

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