Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Carrie Lahner - Insights
Carrie began her career at Mayo Clinic in 2006 as the associate director of the Eisenberg Genomics Education Program. In her current role as a genetic counselor, she employs her skills to educate on genetic test offerings and support MCL’s...
Living in the moment: Susan Parrott - Insights
As someone affected by chronic liver disease, Susan Parrott knows how it feels to live in uncertainty. But every few months, the anxiety and doubt that shadow her life fade when Mayo Clinic Laboratories test results confirm her condition is...
Avoid seller's remorse: Why owning your lab makes sense - Insights
For community health care providers, owning a laboratory has been likened to shoveling money down a giant drain. Cayuga Medical Center is challenging that narrative. Instead of selling, Cayuga is investing in its lab — which it considers a...
The exponential increase in the number of diagnostic tests available to physicians (in dermatopathology as well as other medical specialties) can be overwhelming, according to a new multi-institutional study co-published in the Journal of...
MCL @Work: Brian Dukek - Insights
As a senior principal developer for the brand-new Process Innovation Through Automation Laboratory, Brian Dukek helps labs throughout the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology evaluate new automation tools and streamline...
Laboratory Testing of Bone Turnover Markers - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich, Ph.D., professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic, discusses the role of bone turnover markers in osteoporosis treatment as well as how to best interpret changes in bone...
New tests launched in March - Insights
In March 2023, Mayo Clinic Laboratories announced twenty nine new tests along with numerous reference value changes, obsolete tests, and algorithm changes.
Building the business of lab medicine - Insights
In part three of the 50th Anniversary series, Mayo Clinic Laboratories looks further outside the walls of Mayo Clinic. With the belief that the latest in diagnostic testing should be available to any patient, no matter where they are...
Unraveling a diagnostic mystery: Ed Garber - Insights
Ed Garber spent months in physical and neurological decline while a cohort of care providers and specialists searched for the root cause of his symptoms. That search for answers ended after testing by Mayo Clinic Laboratories gave them the...
MCL @Work: Robin Huiras-Carlson - Insights
Robin Huiras-Carlson's connection with Mayo Clinic traces back to her early years, marked by a diagnosis of a rare genetic condition at the age of 10. Today, as a senior marketing specialist with Mayo Clinic Laboratories, she draws...