Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic’
February 27, 2020
Maltese abroad: the president and CEO of Mayo Clinic
Times of Maltaby Claudia Scavuzzo Gianrico Farrugia has been a physician with Mayo Clinic for over 30 years. His medical background is in genomics and gastrointestinal disorders. In 2015, Dr Farrugia became vice president of Mayo Clinic and CEO of the Florida branch, leading a staff of over 6,400 people. In 2018 he became president […]
February 7, 2020
Mayo in La Crosse earns top rating from federal agency
La Crosse Tribuneby Kyle Farris Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse is one of 27 hospitals in the state and 400 hospitals in the country to receive a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services…Mayo in La Crosse is one of 13 Mayo hospitals to receive five stars, the agency’s highest […]
Tags: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, Dr. Henry Ting, La Crosse Tribune, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Health System, Quality, Star Ratings
January 16, 2020
Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midcareer, report says
Wall Street Journalby Brianna Abbott The report, published on Wednesday by medical-information platform Medscape, breaks down the generational differences in burnout and how doctors cope with the symptoms that are widespread throughout the profession. “There are a lot more similarities than differences, and what that highlights is that burnout in medicine right now is really […]
Tags: Dr. Colin West, Mayo Clinic, physician burnout, Wall Street Journal
January 16, 2020
Flamenco dance offers unique form of healing for stroke patients
Arizona ABC 15by Nohelani Graf An Arizona Flamenco troop has been putting on shows for years at Mayo Clinic events. They do a bit of audience participation, teaching a series of clapping rhythms and helping the audience fumble through the coordination of using castanets, a traditional Spanish instrument that makes a “clacking” sound…Recreation therapists at […]
Tags: ABC15 Arizona, Carol Graziano, Flamenco, Mayo Clinic, therapeutic movement
November 27, 2019
Man paralyzed from the neck down walks again thanks to a new medical innovation
Good Morning America Imagine going from being an active individual to not being able to move any part of your body at all. For Chris Barr, that was his reality when life came to a sudden halt for him two years ago. “It’s exactly like it is in the movies where, you know, it’s like a […]
Tags: ABC News, Chris Barr, Dr. Mohamad Bydon, Good Morning America, Mayo Clinic, spinal chord injuries
November 27, 2019
Mayo Clinic announces joint venture to operate ‘mega-hospital’ in United Arab Emirates
Star Tribuneby Joe Carlson Mayo Clinic, a Minnesota-born institution known for attracting patients from the Middle East and around the world, is entering a joint venture that will run a new “mega-hospital” in the United Arab Emirates. The Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, a four-tower medical campus in the UAE capital city of Abu Dhabi, will […]
Tags: Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo Clinic, Roshanak Didehban, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Star Tribune
November 27, 2019
Jacksonville father hopes to receive lifesaving kidney transplant in time for holiday season
Action News Jaxby Alicia Tarancon Shannon Stephens, a local father of three, is in need of a new kidney. Recently, he was placed on the waiting list for a transplant at Mayo Clinic. “Every time my phone rings, my heart is about to jump out of my chest, you know just waiting for that phone […]
Tags: ActionNewsJax, kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic, Shannon Stephens
October 4, 2019
Mayo expands global reach by opening clinic in London
Star Tribuneby Christopher Snowbeck Rochester-based Mayo Clinic is extending its global reach with a new facility in London that will offer executive physicals and personalized health services. The clinic is the first development from a partnership announced earlier this year between Mayo and Oxford University Clinic that aims for joint developments in research, medical education […]
Tags: Dr. Bruno Holthof, Dr. Stephen Cassivi, Mayo Clinic, Oxford University Clinic, preventive health care
July 26, 2019
Star Tribuneby Christopher Snowbeck As a young physician, Gianrico Farrugia admired Mayo Clinic’s Plummer Building, a historic landmark with massive bronze doors and a soaring bell tower that projects the enduring prestige of the clinic. His reverence, however, didn’t extend to its very peak. The top, he noticed in the late 1980s, “had this really […]
Tags: Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, innovation, Mayo Clinic, Star Tribune
June 27, 2019
Telegraphby Sarah Knapton The unassuming city of Rochester, Minnesota is arguably the best place in the world to suffer a heart attack. While just one in 10 Britons survive a cardiac arrest if it happens outside of a hospital in the UK, collapse in the small Minnesotan metropolis and your chances of living rise to […]
Tags: Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, London, Mayo Clinic, Oxford, The Telegraph (UK)