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.
Mayo Clinic recently received an award for being one of the "Best Workplaces for Commuters" during 2009–2010. The "Best Workplaces for Commuters" award is part[...]
Last week, 69 women from across the country gathered in Rochester, Minn., for the 8th annual Science & Leadership Symposium, a joint effort between Mayo[...]
Participants at the 8th annual Science & Leadership Symposium -- a joint effort by Mayo Clinic's Women's Heart Clinic and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women[...]
"The numberous resources offered by Mayo Clinic for employees looking to adopt, reminded me why I feel so lucky to work at this institution." -- Dana Baker
When there is critical information that we don’t know, we run the risk of listening to hearsay, considering myths to be facts, not knowing the[...]
Joan Dymand-Hintz was in her early 40's when she became pregnant with her daughter. The happiness she and her husband Marc Hintz felt was short-lived.[...]
Take a step back in time to the bustling days of 1928 when the Plummer Building first opened its doors as the “new” Mayo Clinic[...]
Just days after being told he had a tumor inside his heart, Ron Reffitt Jr., of Elk Rapids, Mich., was on a medical airplane headed[...]
Editor's Note: Jillayn Hey, a Mayo Clinic patient from LaCrosse, WI, sent this story via email. I recently read an article titled; "Want to Heal?[...]
Editor's note: Linda Rockey is a Mayo Clinic employee who provides administrative support to researchers. Before becoming a Mayo employee, she was a Mayo Clinic[...]
Every physician Anne Stohrer and her son turned to for treatment of his chronic knee and hip pain came-up with a non-diagnosis. Many frustrating years[...]
A patient writes: I am Cynthia Smith and was recently a patient at Mayo. I have written the following story to share... Thanks to Dr.[...]