Mayo Clinic: Revolutionizing Medicine and Patient Care
Frontiers in Medicine
Mayo Clinic has been the epicenter of many medical breakthroughs.
-1905: Mayo physicians developed the process of freezing tissue samples in operating rooms.
-1946: Proton therapy, a new cancer treatment, explicitly targeting cancer cells, was created.
Tissue Freezing Process. March 6, 2019. Slideshare.net
Cardiac surgery 1955. Mayoclinic.org
-1948: Mayo scientists developed the arthritis treatment, Cortisone.
-1955: The first successful heart surgery was completed. Mayo remains on the frontier in cardiovascular medicine today.
-1969: Mayo surgeons performed the first hip replacement in the United States. -2021: Mayo researched genetic effects on diseases.
Hip Surgery 1969. Mayoclinic.org
Larry Connor, Mayo Scientist 2022. Axiom
-2022: Mayo conquered the final frontier with stem cell studies in space. -2022: Mayo Clinic pioneered new treatments for alcohol and drug addiction.
“Difficult medical and surgical problems are solvable when experts pool their talents.”
Dr. Will Mayo