Growing to Meet Patients' Needs

Mayo Clinic is continually growing, improving and changing to better meet the needs of patients and their families. New facilities are designed using patient and staff feedback, each space carefully planned to ensure a positive and comfortable environment for patients and visitors. Combined with the expertise and teamwork of Mayo staff, every facility is created specifically to increase Mayo's ability to deliver compassionate, comprehensive care.

The facilities highlighted below are made possible through the financial support of grateful patients, foundations and corporations who are committed to helping Mayo Clinic provide the best care to every patient every day.

Mayo Clinic Specialty Building in Phoenix, Ariz.

Mayo Clinic Specialty Building

The Mayo Clinic Specialty Building is a new, 172,775-square-foot outpatient clinic funded primarily by Mayo Clinic benefactors. The building is connected to Mayo Clinic Hospital on the Phoenix campus and was built to increase treatment capacity while enhancing patient safety and convenience. The specialty building includes 133 new patient exam rooms, state-of-the-art diagnostics, and outpatient treatment rooms. The new facility also offers access to a Healing Garden with benches designed by Native American artists. The garden provides a pleasant, quiet space where patients and their families can relax before or after their appointments.

The hospital at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.

Mayo Clinic Hospital

Opening April 12, 2008, the new hospital at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville will fulfill Mayo's long-range plans and the long-held dream of its physicians and clinical staff. Mayo's clinic buildings and hospital will be together on one campus to provide the coordinated medical care that is the hallmark of Mayo's practice. The 650,000-square-foot, 214-bed hospital is designed to deliver seamless, efficient, patient-centered care.

Mayo Clinic T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Center

Mayo Clinic T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Center

The recent opening of the Mayo Clinic T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Center in Rochester, Minn., brings together many pediatric subspecialty staff and services into a single location dedicated to children. It features an inspiring Midwest nature theme designed to calm, as well as engage patients and their families. The child-friendly environment includes floor-to-ceiling imitation birch trees, a representation of the Mississippi River, a glass "discovery wall" and a webcam with live views of wild animals at the Minnesota Zoo.

Mayo Clinic W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Center

In December 2007, Mayo Clinic will celebrate the opening of one of the most advanced musculoskeletal facilities in the world. Patients will benefit by having pertinent diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitation services consolidated in one area of the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minn. In addition to the orthopedic subspecialty practices, the services will include musculoskeletal radiology, rheumatology, endocrinology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, a spine center, an outpatient surgery center, and a resource-rich patient education center. The musculoskeletal center will also enable Mayo Clinic physicians from various specialties to work side by side as they consult with one another to ensure a coordinated and appropriate treatment plan for each patient.