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W. W. Mayo’s “questing spirit” continued—and subjected his young family to frequent relocations.

The Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve has honored Lory Steinmetz, Supervisor of the Mycology/Mycobacteriology Laboratory, with a Patriotic Employer Award.

By 1854, medicine was emerging as the primary focus of W. W. Mayo’s career.

The earliest example of combining medical ideals and business acumen is the teamwork of Dr. William Worrall Mayo and his wife Louise.

Mother Alfred Moes was a natural leader. Her strength of character often ran afoul of superiors who expected unquestioning obedience.

Fergus Couch, Ph.D., Chair of the Division of Experimental Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, recently hosted a Twitter Chat with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation on breast cancer genetics.

Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Lab and Co-Director of Vector-Borne Diseases Lab Services in Mayo Clinic's Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, is celebrating her "Creepy, Dreadful, Wonderful Parasites" blog. The blog was voted among the top 50 pathology blogs and websites for pathologists.

On February 2, 1851, Dr. William Worrall Mayo married Louise Abigail Wright. Unlike her immigrant spouse, Louise was of old pioneer American stock, having grown up in Jordan, New York, near Syracuse.

Ross Reichard, M.D., Chief Medical Examiner of the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, located at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, talked with MinnPost about the cost of drug overdose investigations.

The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded Joseph Grande, M.D., Ph.D., Consultant in the Division of Anatomic Pathology with a joint appointment in the Department of Nephrology at Mayo Clinic, the Alpha Omega Distinguished Teacher Award.

Although William Worrall Mayo would not become a full-time physician for several years, the timing of his arrival in New York City on August 22, 1846, was significant. Seven weeks later, on October 16, several physicians and a dentist in Boston witnessed the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia, a milestone in the evolution of surgery. W. W. Mayo and his sons would make surgery the focal point of their medical practice.

Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D., Co-Director of the Mayo Clinic Personalized Genomics Laboratory, was recently honored with a 2017 Distinguished and Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville.

April Josselyn, Marketing Associate at Mayo Medical Laboratories, takes a closer look at the Mayo Clinic Phlebotomy Technician program.