This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
This three-day virtual conference offered for just a few hours each day will offer the opportunity to learn techniques for managing burnout and ways to create a positive patient experience. Attendees will have the option to select from a...
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.
Patient-focused pragmatism: The Mayo Clinic innovation model - Insights
In a world of ever-faster technical change, Mayo Clinic Laboratories is uniquely positioned to innovate. Collaboration with clinicians pinpoints unmet patient needs and facilitates the development of diagnostic testing that provides...
Improving diagnosis of rare congenital disorders - Insights
Experts at Mayo Clinic have developed a unique method of testing that combines new technology with novel bioinformatics to promptly detect a group of uncommon genetic conditions that are often difficult to identify.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories offers a robust menu of biomarker testing to assess liver disease related to nonalcoholic and alcoholic causes. These include FibroTest-ActiTest, a first-line screening assay that uses two diagnostic scores based on...
Pediatric CNS Disorder Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
We offer a first-of-its-kind profile including only the antibodies that are pertinent to pediatric CNS disorders—all in one evaluation.
Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Rehab Elkadri - Insights
Rehab Elkadri joined Mayo Clinic Laboratories in December 2021, relocating from the United Kingdom to the United Arab Emirates. As an international clinical specialty liaison in the Neurology division for the Middle East and North Africa...
New AI-augmented test refines kidney stone analysis - Insights
Since March 2019, Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., director of the Metals Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, along with his colleagues across the enterprise and his laboratory staff, have developed, validated, and implemented an artificial intelligence...
Specialized testing diagnoses uncommon allergy to red meat: Joseph Ducaji - Insights
CT scans and hiatal/abdominal ultrasounds could not uncover why, whenever he ate steak, Joseph Ducaji experienced severe stomach problems, itchy hives, chills, and nausea. It took specialized testing from Mayo Clinic to unlock a...
Testing for a surprising antigen enables insight into a chronic kidney illness - Insights
Mayo Clinic renal pathologist Dr. Sanjeev Sethi identified NELL-1 as a biomarker for membranous nephropathy (MN) in 2019. Two years later, Dr. Sethi helped implement the first ever IHC test to detect NELL-1 antigen, which appears in about...
MCL @Work: Becca Johnson - Insights
Becca Johnson, a dedicated project manager, joined Mayo Clinic in 2014, driven by a desire to contribute to an organization making a global impact. With BioPharma Diagnostics, Becca oversees large projects, ensuring efficient sample...
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...
MCL @Work: Tamara Staley - Insights
Eight years ago, Tamara Staley joined Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ Cardiovascular Sales team selling CV diagnostic testing to community hospitals. Now, she leads sales for Hematology and Oncology’s Central Region. Tamara is proud to help...
MCL @Work: Brie LaJoye - Insights
Brie LaJoye began her career with Mayo Clinic in 2018 as an intern and has been with the organization for nearly six years. She currently works as a Laboratory information system (LIS) technical specialist, managing lab instrumentation,...
Widening the net to capture elusive pathogens - Insights
Central nervous system infections, such as meningitis and encephalitis, can be devastating for affected patients. While specific treatments are available for some of these infections, it first requires identifying the precise cause of...
A new comprehensive genetic panel redefines Parkinson's disease diagnosis - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories introduces the Inherited Parkinson’s Disease Gene Panel (Mayo ID: PARDP), a collaborative breakthrough poised to transform Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and treatment. Led by Rodolfo Savica, M.D., Ph.D., and Zhiyv...
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.
For people with encephalitis, rapid treatment of their acute brain inflammation is critical for avoiding devastating physical and cognitive deficits. But appropriate treatment requires identifying the culprit causing the symptoms.
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.
Direct immunofluorescence for autoimmune bullous diseases - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Julia Lehman, M.D., discusses a recent change to the direct immunofluorescence assay, specifically the addition of the IgG4 conjugate.
Lab discoveries fuel updates for autoimmune movement disorders test - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories expanded movement disorders panel better identifies autoimmune conditions. Four recently identified biomarkers — septin-5, septin-7, neurochondrin, and adaptor protein-3B2 — have been added to the panel, and all...
COVID-19: The pandemic that's forever changed laboratory testing - Insights
Since March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on the lives of millions of people around the world, including the many brave health care workers who risked their own health to provide lifesaving care to those infected by...
December 2022 - Clinical Informatics - 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 Informatics.
Phage immunoprecipitation sequencing identifies previously unknown disease biomarkers - Insights
In Mayo Clinic’s Advanced Diagnostics Laboratory, there are dozens of projects underway at once to develop new technologies, discover novel findings, validate new tests, and support physicians in providing advanced patient care. For...
Frequently asked questions - Insights
Check out the answers to the most frequently asked questions about pharmacogenomic testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories.
Demyelinating neuropathies - Insights
Learn how our expert-backed testing can increase confidence when it comes to the identification of several demyelinating neuropathies.
Revolutionizing Endometrial Cancer Diagnostics - Insights
Endometrial cancer affects thousands annually and ranks as the fourth most common cancer among women in the United States. At the forefront of innovative discoveries in endometrial cancer diagnostics are Mayo Clinic's Department of...
Mayo Clinic Labs @Work: Ona Saras - Insights
As a clinical specialty representative, Ona Saras’ decade-long dedication to patient care and advocacy for cutting-edge testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories has transformed lives across Northern California and Reno, Nevada. Through personal...
Leveraging technology to transform Anatomic Pathology - Insights
As Mayo Clinic’s Anatomic Pathology moves from traditional glass slides to digital images, the advance in technology is achieving clear benefits in collaboration, learning, and patient care.
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...
The Living Breast Biobank - Insights
This unique Mayo Clinic resource offers a novel portal into the study of gene mutations before they cause breast cancer.
MCL @Work: Sarah Mason - Insights
In her current role as senior manager for global logistics at Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Sarah Mason oversees the coordination of patient sample shipments by working with a network of stakeholders, couriers, carriers, and vendors. Sarah...
Autoimmune Epilepsy Testing - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Our phenotype specific testing for autoimmune epilepsy contains only clinically relevant antibodies providing accurate answers for treatment guidance.
A Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics engagement offers partners access to Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ robust library of hematology evaluations.
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...
What's New in Health Care Reform: Jan. 30 - Insights
Top highlights include: Alcohol overtakes Hepatitis C as the top reason for liver transplants, new research call vitamin D benefits into question, NIH funds first artificial pancreas study in the United States for pregnant women, cervical...
Finding the Balance: Legal Issues Arising from Precision Medicine - Insights
By taking into account an individual’s genes, lifestyle, and environment, precision medicine offers the prospect of finding individualized therapies that might ultimately cure diseases such as cancer and diabetes. Yet, as with other...
Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: Direct Effort - Insights
Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on direct effort through time spent with a patient or patient sample.
Mayo Clinic’s cardiac (CV) remote monitoring service uses the compact MoMe Kardia cardiac monitoring device that yields a continuous, 24/7 stream of a patient’s ECG and motion data, no matter their location. Any troubling or burgeoning...