Becoming a Patient at Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Since opening in June 1987, Mayo Clinic in Arizona has provided medical care for more than 600,000 patients from 50 states and 80 countries. Half of our patients reside in the Phoenix metropolitan area, one quarter are from elsewhere in Arizona and the remaining quarter are from other states and countries.

You can make an appointment at Mayo Clinic in Arizona on your own or through your local physician. Approximately 90 percent of our patients make their own appointments.

Facilities

Most patients begin their experience at the five-story outpatient clinic that has 240 exam rooms, outpatient surgery, endoscopy, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, patient-education library, and ample multi-level underground parking. A basic science research laboratory, the Samuel C. Johnson Medical Research Building, is located on the Scottsdale campus.

Mayo Clinic Hospital, located on the Phoenix campus, has 244 licensed beds with 18 operating rooms, full-service urgent care/emergency room, transplant center, diagnostic radiology, neurodiagnostics, non-invasive cardiac diagnostics, cardiac catheterization, pulmonary testing and full-service clinical laboratory. Mayo Clinic Hospital opened in the fall of 1998 and is the first ever Mayo-designed and -built hospital.

If You Need Hospitalization

Fewer than 15 percent of Mayo Clinic's patients in Arizona require hospitalization, reflecting our commitment to provide cost-effective as well as high quality health care. Patients who require hospitalization are cared for by Mayo Clinic physicians and surgeons at Mayo Clinic Hospital.

Outpatient Surgery

Many surgeries requiring general anesthesia are performed by Mayo Clinic's highly skilled surgeons in our Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC). Located at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, the ASC houses 4 surgery rooms and 13 recovery stations. On-site pathology services can provide a preliminary diagnosis while you are still in surgery.