Mayo Clinic Revolutionizing Medicine and Patient Care
The Legacy of Mayo Clinic
Gonda Building 2019. Mayoclinic.org
The Mayo Clinic originated due to unreliable health care and a desire during the Progressive Era to improve conditions for citizens in the United States. The Mayo Clinic revolutionized health care, medicine, and patient care, raising the bar for other hospitals.
"It is a great thing to make scientific discoveries of rare value, but it is even greater to be willing to share these discoveries and to encourage other workers in the same field of scientific research." William James Mayo, 1935
Mayo Clinic's success, including groundbreaking research, education, and medical studies, has identified it as the #1 ranked hospital in the world. (U.S News and World Report, 2022.)
Hilton Lab. 2016 Mayoclinic.org
“The Mayo Brothers went above and beyond the expectations of most people. They not only became doctors but specialized in surgery and encouraged the education of nurses and future doctors. They were forefathers of new medical techniques and built a lasting organization that is still a leading example for other groups and practices alike.” Dr. Roberta Anaya-Prado, Dr. Marisol Rubi.
Due to Mayo Clinic’s pioneering medical work, 85,000 patients were treated in 1939, increasing to 1.4 million in 2021. With 4,500 doctors, the Mayo Clinic has become the world’s largest training center and prestigious hospital in the nation, contributing over $250,000,000 to medical research.
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville FL 2018. Mayoclinic.org
Mayo Patients in Gonda Building 2018. Mayoclinic.org
To this day, the Mayo Clinic pushes toward new frontiers in medicine, expanding clinics throughout the nation.
"I look through a half-opened door into the future, full of interest, intriguing beyond my power to describe, but with a full understanding that it is for each generation to solve its own problems and that no man has the wisdom to guide or control the next generation." William Worrall Mayo, 1931.
Mayo Clinic Patient Video Guide 2010. Mayo Clinic