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Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD., M.P.H., Neurologist:
When patients come to Mayo Clinic for their care, they are gonna receive it in an environment in which the primary value is the needs of the patient come first. And that's been the primary value of our institution for over 150 years.
Fredric B. Meyer, M.D. Enterprise Chair, Neurosurgery:
That's been passed down from generation to generation of Mayo Clinic physicians, starting from the founders to the present. So we live by that credo. Everything we do is designed to help patients. That's our primary purpose.
Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD., M.P.H., Neurologist:
Well, here at Mayo Clinic and in the departments of neurology and neurosurgery, we have the opportunity to see a large volume of patients. And that contributes to excellence in care, given the fact that we will likely have seen uncommon conditions in neurology as well, serious and complex conditions. And because of that experience, the likelihood that we've seen the specific diagnosis that may be most appropriate for that patient is very, very high.
Fredric B. Meyer, M.D. Enterprise Chair, Neurosurgery:
At Mayo, we have world experts in every discipline and subspecialty of neurological surgery. But when you think about care, it's not just the physician, right? It's the team. It starts from the front door, it's patient management, it's the technicians in the OR, it's the scrub techs in the OR. It's the nurses in the OR. Our focus is not just primary care. It's the whole spectrum.
Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD., M.P.H., Neurologist:
Here at Mayo Clinic, patients come to us oftentimes as a second or third opinion. They're going through one of the most stressful parts of their life, and they're coming with the hope that we will be able to provide some additional input that might change their outcome in a positive way.
Fredric B. Meyer, M.D. Enterprise Chair, Neurosurgery:
It's not uncommon in my world to see patients who are coming here to see me for a fourth or fifth opinion because they've traveled around the country at various medical centers. Usually there's a consensus, but not always.
Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD., M.P.H., Neurologist:
It is a partnership. And one realizes medicine is all about teamwork. And it's not only about teamwork internally to Mayo Clinic, but it's about teamwork across sites and across geography as well. What we can bring to bear here are specialists in a whole variety of areas, not only in neurology, but in neurosurgery and in other fields of medicine as well. Using very advanced, innovative techniques to guide us in the evaluation of the patients.
A neurologists can very easily consult a neurosurgeon or a neuroradiologist or really any subspecialty imaginable in the field of medicine. Bringing that collective input, that collective knowledge, bringing that to bear on behalf of the patient.
Fredric B. Meyer, M.D. Enterprise Chair, Neurosurgery:
The reason integration here is truly seamless is because we don't have walls. The reason we don't have that is our culture. We are not isolated. We facilitate integration and multidisciplinary care. And that approach in a very integrated and timely fashion offers the best care to patients with the best outcomes.
Robert D. Brown, Jr., MD., M.P.H., Neurologist:
Our system here strongly supports that, the amiable sharing of patients across specialties, across disciplines, to provide the best possible care for the patient. That is what Mayo Clinic is all about.
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