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MCL @Work: Ben Levno - Insights

As a senior product manager for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Ben Levno supports the neurology segment of specialty testing. While Mayo Clinic physicians have access to our world-renowned neurology testing to diagnose and care for patients,...

MCL @Work: Amy Turunen - Insights

As the creative director for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Amy Turunen finds that each day brings unique creative opportunities and marketing projects. Through her design work and creative direction, Amy helps to curate testing awareness and...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Sainu Owusu-Afriyie - Insights

Sainu Owusu-Afriyie has held a wide range of laboratory roles throughout her career at Mayo Clinic. Now she’s focused on strategic management, where the work can sometime be ambiguous, but the focus remains squarely on benefitting patients.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Grant Elmquist - Insights

Working with Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics clients, Grant Elmquist is engaged in a wide range of activities that span research and science technology, as well as a host of disease states, all with the end goal of enhancing patient care.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Heather Van Buskirk - Insights

As a client account representative, Heather Van Buskirk uses her problem-solving skills to make sure invoices get paid in a timely manner, so Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ services remain available to providers and their patients.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Cara Ryan - Insights

As director of Contract Administration, Cara Ryan’s work spans a diverse range of activities that connect with a variety of groups across the organization, all with a goal of supporting patient care.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Deb Hagen-Moe - Insights

As manager of the department’s Education Program, Deb Hagen-Moe and her team welcome new staff to Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Then they continue to offer a wide range of continuing education and...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Todd Walker - Insights

Todd Walker is a laboratory supervisor for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Specimen Operations, where he helps lead the department that serves as the gateway between collecting and delivering specimens and getting them processed. Todd credits his...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Tim Plummer - Insights

Tim Plummer is an operations administrator at Mayo Clinic Laboratories supporting the Division of Anatomic Pathology. He supports his team members by providing them with tools and resources to innovate and succeed. He has worked at Mayo...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Paul Schneider - Insights

As a national accounts executive for Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Paul Schneider helps to improve and advance diagnostic patient care by bringing Mayo Clinic Laboratories testing to many of the nation’s top health care systems.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Meredith Clark - Insights

As a bid coordinator, Meredith Clark’s work helps expand testing capabilities for Mayo Clinic Laboratories clients, so they can offer the right test at the right time for the right patient.

Meet our experts - Insights

Connect with us at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting to learn how our evaluations can inform your clinical practice.

What's New in Health Care Reform: Jan. 2 - Insights

Top highlights include: "big pharma" returning to raising U.S. prices in January after pause; crowdfunding drives funds and attention toward questionable medical treatments; Americans rate health care providers high on honesty, ethics,...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Joel Cayou - Insights

Joel Cayou’s goal as a supervisor in Specimen Handling is to support his staff wherever he can in the vital work they do to keep Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ operations running efficiently.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Dr. Vanda Lennon - Insights

A pioneering researcher, Dr. Vanda Lennon has spent five decades delving into questions of neuroimmunology. Today, she continues that work as director of the Neuroimmunology Research Laboratory in Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Tim Brantner - Insights

Before he arrived at Mayo Clinic, Tim Brantner worked for a variety of organizations outside of health care. He joined Mayo Clinic Laboratories 14 years ago to help tell the labs’ story.

May 2023 - Hematopathology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Hematopathology.

Eye Injury Prevention Month - Insights

According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, it's important to make eye health part of a daily work wellness routine. So what does this mean to those of us working in clinical diagnostic laboratories? For National Eye Injury...

December 2022 - Pulmonary - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Pulmonary Pathology.

December 2022 - Bone and Soft Tissue - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Katie Perry - Insights

Katie Perry’s work as a supervisor for the Mayo Lab Inquiry call center helps ensure that clients get the information they need, when they need it, and smooths the way for tests to be completed without delay.

MCL @Work: Adam Stewart - Insights

In spring of 2022, Adam Stewart joined Mayo Clinic’s Blood Donor Program as a marketing and recruitment coordinator. He enjoys and finds great purpose in his work because he loves to see members of his local community donate blood and help...

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk Panel with GALAD Score - Insights

In this “Hot Topic,” Joshua Bornhorst, Ph.D., assistant professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at Mayo Clinic, reviews biomarker component testing for hepatocellular carcinoma, explains the GALAD score, and explores GALAD score...

Every test tube connects to a patient: Quality control of specimens in the pre-analytic phase - Insights

Each day, some 40 to 45 thousand specimens are shipped to Mayo Clinic Laboratories in Rochester, Minnesota, from hospitals and other health care organizations around the world. And for every sample, there’s a patient to whom it belongs,...

How an ex-NFL Linebacker Overcame His Greatest Opponent, Amyloidosis - Insights

Matt Millen, ex-pro NFL player, who played on four Super Bowl-winning teams underwent a nearly six-year medical journey in search for answers. Finally, he was diagnosed with amyloidosis using a new testing methodology at Mayo Clinic.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Autoimmune testing education - Insights

Mayo Clinic Laboratories is leading an evolution in autoimmune neurology diagnosis. Powered by expertise from our research labs, clinical labs, and Autoimmune Neurology Clinic, we have developed panels customized to address specific...

October 2023 - Clinical Microbiology - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Clinical Microbiology.

Top Gun Phlebotomy: Pseudohyperkalemia - Insights

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., describes how pseudohyperkalemia has many causes, from collection techniques, processing, and even transport. This presentation focuses on the various preanalytic and analytic causes of...

Sorting through the Details of an Automation Solution - Insights

Laboratories face increasing pressure to automate their operations as they are challenged by a continuing increase in workload, a need to reduce expenditure, and a demand for accuracy and improved turnaround time—essentially doing more with...

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

Classical Hematology Conference - Insights

This hybrid conference will be held Oct. 15–17, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and will provide reviews and updates about the laboratory and clinical aspects of nonmalignant hematology and bleeding and thrombotic disorders.

IGHV and TP53 Sequencing: Clinical Utility in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Insights

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Curtis Hanson, M.D., will discuss the use of laboratory-based prognostic markers in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). He will also highlight the importance of molecular analyses for IGHV and TP53...

January 2023 - Biochemical Genetics - Insights

This "Pathways" program provides a Clinical Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Biochemical Genetics.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Shannon Bennett - Insights

As director of Regulatory Affairs for the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Shannon Bennett helps safeguard Mayo Clinic’s reputation for quality care by ensuring that its clinical laboratories operate at the highest level of...

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Lisa Wortman Raring - Insights

In her role as a proposal writer, Lisa Wortman Raring helps show clients everything Mayo Clinic Laboratories has to offer, making it clear how the organization can best meet their needs and the needs of their patients.

Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Daniel Kronemann - Insights

As a clinical laboratory technologist, Daniel Kronemann enjoys going beyond his day-to-day work as he explores new ways to enhance processes and systems in Bacteriology.

Seeking, and finding, answers, comfort, and hope: Joe Mondloch - Insights

Joe Mondloch and his wife Sue have existed in a grey area of uncertainty due to the unpredictable autoimmune neurological illness Joe has lived with for the last seven years. Rare, incurable, and debilitating, the newly classified disorder...

What's New in Health Care Reform: Feb. 6 - Insights

Top highlights include: New U.S. experiments aim to create gene-edited human embryos, death-cap mushrooms are spreading across North America, daily exercise has been shown to lower blood pressure, scans show female brains remain youthful as...

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Building a Scientific Collaborative Space - Insights

Combining innovative Mayo Clinic laboratories with medical businesses and creative start-up companies will help Rochester—and benefit patients.

Winter Activities: Safety Tips - Insights

Here in Minnesota, we have entered into the time of year that is either loved or hated by Minnesotans: winter. In honor of Winter Hazard Awareness Week, November 6–10, Pat Hlavka, CSP, Safety Coordinator at Mayo Clinic, suggests resources...

Five Steps to Improve Transfusion Medicine - Insights

Blood transfusion is the most common procedure performed in hospitals in the U.S. Yet published evidence shows significant gaps in clinicians' knowledge of this critical aspect of patient care, including possible adverse reactions that can...