Joel Streed (@JoelStreed)
Joel is manager of the team that creates content for the Mayo Clinic News Network. He is a former broadcast journalist and news director. Joel has been with Mayo Clinic since 2001, first as a contract employee and then officially joining the staff in 2006. In 2012 Joel accompanied a research team to Mt. Everest and reported on their studies of high-altitude athletes.
Therapy and a positive attitude have helped Chad Hanson gain a level of independence unimaginable after breaking his neck in an accident.
Mike Wuest turned to the Web to learn about a bothersome facial tic, which led him to the answer at Mayo Clinic.
Amy Haberman says Mayo Clinic gave her support, tenacity and hope — to fight her tumor and to run marathons again.
When their son developed a rare type of brain tumor that caused seizures and dizzy spells, Koreen and Paul Harpel turned to Mayo Clinic for help.
When Noor Hosein learned that a kidney disorder threatened his son's life, he traveled from Trinidad to Mayo Clinic for a lifesaving transplant.
Diagnosed with cirrhosis in Mexico, Mauricio Perez-Olegaray came to Mayo Clinic and stayed for a lifesaving liver transplant.
Double-lung transplant patient Jorge Bacardi honors his donor and touches the lives of countless transplant patients by helping to establish Gabriel House of Care.
A diagnosis of congestive heart failure pulled Mia Welch off stage. After a heart transplant at Mayo Clinic, she's looking forward to dancing again.
Shelby Birch's whole family gave up mashed potatoes to help her with a diet that controls her seizures.
When a heart condition threatened to slow down Alvin Haworth, he found his answer at Mayo Clinic.
With a business to run and an active lifestyle to maintain, Denny Waite turned to Mayo Clinic to find an experienced surgical team to perform his heart surgery and hasten his recovery.
Jane Fausel invested in her health by choosing Mayo Clinic to treat her lung cancer, and she's glad she did.