Print By Mayo Clinic Staff Request an appointment Diagnosis & treatment Aug. 12, 2025 Print Related Inflamed tonsils Associated Procedures Complete blood count (CBC) Tonsillectomy News from Mayo Clinic All about tonsil stones June 06, 2024, 01:14 p.m. CDT Products & Services A Book: Mayo Clinic Family Health Book Newsletter: Mayo Clinic Health Letter — Digital Edition Show more products and services from Mayo Clinic TonsillitisSymptoms&causesDiagnosis&treatment Research: It's all about patients Show transcript for video Research: It's all about patients [MUSIC PLAYING] Joseph Sirven, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic: Mayo's mission is about the patient. The patient comes first. So the mission and research here is to advance how we can best help the patient, how to make sure the patient comes first in care. So in many ways, it's a cycle. It can start with as simple as an idea worked on in a laboratory, brought to the patient bedside, and if everything goes right — and let's say it's helpful or beneficial — then brought on as a standard approach. And I think that is one of the unique characteristics of Mayo's approach to research — that patient-centeredness — that really helps to put it in its own spotlight. CON-20378462 Diseases & Conditions Tonsillitis