Mayo Clinic 2010 Annual Report: Worldwide leader in medical care, research, education

Our Mission

Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education — for people from all walks of life. Our mission is to inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient every day.

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Unprecedented cancer surgery

All I thought about was my husband and children

Two artificial hearts, two heart transplants

Mayo has treated me better than I could ever imagine

Bile duct cancer with liver transplant

I don't know if I would be alive otherwise

Breast cancer survivor

My goal was to see my little girl go to kindergarten

Tornado survivor

Normally a person wouldn't live after being out in a tornado

$100 million gift for national cancer centers

"I trust Mayo to do work that truly matters," says Richard O. Jacobson, Mayo philanthropist and long-time Mayo patient. "I feel fortunate to help support three new national centers focused on pencil beam scanning, an innovative treatment for cancer patients."

RACE exhibit sponsored by Mayo

In 2010, Mayo Clinic partnered with the Rochester Public Library to bring the national touring exhibit "RACE: Are We So Different?" to Rochester, Minn. The RACE exhibit will appear at science museums in Arizona and Florida in 2011 and 2012.

The Mayo Effect

Every day more than 56,000 doctors, scientists, students and allied health staff at Mayo Clinic work together as a team to put the needs of the patient first. We are committed to changing lives, advancing medicine, fostering hope and transforming health care delivery.