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Joseph Maleszewski, M.D., has been named the Assistant Dean of Curriculum for the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. He will be directly accountable to the senior associate dean for Academic Affairs.

Robin Patel, M.D., Chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, recently participated in the American Society for Microbiology's "Meet the Microbiologist" podcast to discuss her work on prosthetic joint infections and how metagenomics is changing infectious disease diagnostic procedures.

Parasites can be pretty: pretty cute, pretty awesome, and sometimes pretty creepy. This article is part one of a five-part series featuring some of Dr. Bobbi Pritt's "freaky favorites," ranked from 1 (not too scary) to 5 (bad-news bugs). Part one features ascaris worms.

The Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program is having a "Pints for Preemies" blood-donation challenge, which is a push for people to donate blood for Mayo's smallest and youngest patients. Justin Kreuter, M.D., Medical Director of Mayo’s Blood Donor Program, talks to KIMT about the challenge.

For more than two decades, staff from Mayo Clinic's Florida campus have become Team Mayo at the annual two-day cycling event, Bike MS. The ride raises funds for people affected by multiple sclerosis.

Laura Raseman White grew up in an environment where helping others was part of the lifestyle, a household mentality. So it wasn’t a concern at all for Laura, a laboratory tech in Mayo’s Special Coagulation Laboratory, when she first gave blood as a teen back in high school. And she’s kept on donating ever since.

Audrey Schuetz, M.D., Senior Associate Consultant in the Division of Clinical Microbiology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses antibiotic resistance.

Graduation for the Histology Technician Program, part of the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences, was held on October 3. The class of 2018 features three graduates: My Huynh, Renny Tran, and Lara Hall.

Carol Morales hadn't planned to celebrate her 80th birthday at work. But her colleagues couldn't let the milestone pass without a proper celebration for the woman they call an "inspiration."

For almost three decades, Steve Eckdahl has worked the evening shift in Mayo Clinic's Toxic Metals Laboratory in order to pursue another passion of his during the day: his 2,000-plus-tree apple orchard.

Eighty years ago, Rose Bayuk earned a nursing diploma, signed and presented to her by the Mayo brothers. She recently shared a lifetime of memories during a visit to Rochester.

Robert Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Individualized Medicine Research and a Consultant in the Division of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, was awarded a National Institutes of Health R01 grant.

R. Ross Reichard, M.D., Chair of the CAP Forensic Pathology Committee and Associate Professor of Pathology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, discusses the new CAP checklist for forensic autopsies.