Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is a renowned research and medical treatment institution founded in 1889. With its main location in Rochester, Minnesota and satellite clinics in Phoenix, Arizona and Jacksonville, Florida, it is known for leading-edge biomedical imaging, diagnosis, treatment and cutting-edge patient and professional education. The clinic employs over 30,000 people at its main campus in Rochester alone. It has a reputation for employying over 3500 physicians and more than 3,000 research personnel. Mayo Clinic's focus includes areas such as surgery, weight-loss surgery before kidney transplantation; genetics, genetic association studies for rare diseases like Pick's disease; oncology and cancer treatments with new heated drug baths significantly increasing survival rates in stomach cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis; psychology and psychiatry offering nature as a prescription for mental and physical health; coping strategies for irritable bowel syndrome, dispelling plant-based diet myths, the vital role of phlebotomists in blood collection, and addressing the rise of invasive serogroup Y meningococcal disease. The clinic also provides advances in treating kidney cancer through active workstations that improve cognitive performance. Mayo Clinic's research and treatment services are widely recognized and utilized across the United States.