At Mayo Clinic Laboratories, we believe all patients deserve access to world-class diagnostic care. We work with hospitals and healthcare providers around the world to deliver unparalleled expertise and innovative diagnostic evaluations that solve the most complicated cases.
Fully integrated with Mayo Clinic and backed by more than 150 years of clinical experience, Mayo Clinic Laboratories was built upon a tradition of knowledge sharing to improve healthcare around the world. When you work with us, you gain access to the world’s most sophisticated test menu, world-renowned experts, and educational opportunities to strengthen your practice, advance knowledge, and improve patient outcomes.
Focused on quality
At Mayo Clinic Laboratories, test development is based on patient need and guided by quality management protocols modeled on standards and guidelines from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. Our extensive test validation includes a breadth of specimens with rare abnormalities. Our laboratories are CLIA-certified and CAP-accredited, and we participate in U.S. and international proficiency programs.
Commitment to education
The exchange of knowledge is a founding principle of Mayo Clinic. In this tradition, we provide a wide range of educational offerings to help our clients increase understanding.
Enhanced patient outcomes
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is dedicated to the health and well-being of our patients, which means helping providers deliver care in their local settings through the utilization of our comprehensive subspecialty test menu. Our mission is grounded in our belief that the patient’s needs are paramount, and our clients receive access to:
“We treat all of the specimens we receive with the same high degree of care and quality, regardless of where the sample is coming from. We could be testing a sample from a patient that lives in Rochester, Minnesota, or from someone that lives halfway across the world.”
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory
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In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” host Bobbi Pritt, M.D., chair of the Division of Clinical Microbiology at Mayo Clinic, and Div Dubey, M.B.B.S., a neurologist and co-director of the Clinical Neuroimmunology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, explore the topic of peripheral neuropathy.
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” host Justin Kreuter, M.D., speaks with Jeff Meeusen, Ph.D., assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and clinical chemist in the Division of Clinical Core Laboratory Services for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic, who discusses a forthcoming guidance document on lipid testing.
PACE/State of FL - An overview of the most common CLIA deficiencies in 2022 and ideas for avoiding noncompliance. The presenters will also review new CMS rules for remote review that were published at the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and provide an update on efforts to reform the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) provisions that are used to calculate laboratory reimbursement.
An avid runner and fitness buff, Mark Kocak didn’t think he needed medication for his high cholesterol and hypertension. After coming to Mayo Clinic for ceramide testing, Mark knew exercise alone would not be enough to him on a path toward greater longevity.
In this “Hot Topic,” Divyanshu Dubey, M.B.B.S., associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology and neurology at Mayo Clinic, discusses various clinical and paraclinical features of autoimmune encephalitis, autoimmune seizures, and epilepsy.
This page includes updates posted to Mayo Clinic Labs during the month of August.
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” guest host, Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D., speaks with Justin Kreuter, M.D., transfusion medicine pathologist and assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Mayo Clinic about the importance of creating and practicing professional presentations.
PACE / State of FLThis month’s “Virtual Lecture” recognizes the importance of tracking tumor cell development and the heterogeneity in cancer cell growth dynamics at the clonal resolution and reveals features of tumor cell metastasis.
Hurricane Idalia is expected to impact Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 30. We are monitoring and tracking the situation with our logistics partners to minimize challenges.
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Julia Lehman, M.D., professor of dermatology and laboratory medicine and pathology, discusses a subepidermal disease mediated by collagen VII autoantibodies.
Hurricane Hilary will be impacting the West Coast this weekend and into early next week. We are monitoring and tracking the situation with our logistics partners to minimize challenges. Clients will be contacted directly by the couriers if a route is modified or canceled due to the storm. Additionally, we are identifying and activating alternate solutions to help deliver client specimens to Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 4th), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure specimen viability and avoid turnaround time delays, follow the guidelines below.
In this episode of “Lab Medicine Rounds,” guest host, Ann Moyer speaks with Justin Kreuter, M.D., transfusion medicine pathologist and assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Mayo Clinic about common misunderstandings and practical ways to teach the basics of coagulation.