People Have Always Come to Mayo Clinic for Answers

Denis A. Cortese, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mayo Clinic

Their questions are variations on one basic request:
"Can you help me?"

Can you help me stay healthy?
Can you help me face this diagnosis and treat my disease?
Can you help me overcome this injury?

Mayo's answer to those questions has been the same for more than 100 years: "We will do our very best." Mayo Clinic's mission is to provide the best care to every patient every day through integrated clinical practice, education and research.

Mayo Clinic uses a team approach to answering questions. Our doctors, nurses and allied health staff answer patients' questions
on-site and online. Our educators ask and answer questions in our classrooms, conferences and publications. Our researchers seek answers to biomedical questions and then translate those answers into new treatments for patients.

At its core, Mayo Clinic is a learning organization — learning from each interaction, generating new knowledge, disseminating that knowledge and continuing the cycle. We are continuously learning so that we can help patients understand their conditions, overcome obstacles, and improve their health and their lives.

Helping patients is the reason Mayo Clinic exists. We are honored by the trust placed in us and committed to providing answers and hope.