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.
Bright and early on Saturday, April 4, I found myself driving to Thunderbird Mountain Park in Glendale, Ariz., to meet up with a group of[...]
Mayo Clinic's use of social media was highlighted this morning in a story on ABC's Good Morning America (see the story). The story's focus was[...]
I was told these words following a night in the ER where I received superior care/ treatment to determine if I was having and/or had[...]
Education has always been a part of my life. Beyond being a student at various times of my life, I have worked in the field[...]
This post was written by Melissa Murray, a Graduate Student in the Department of Neuroscience. Having formerly been an employee and now a graduate student[...]
The following letter was sent to Mayo Clinic leaders by two Mayo employees, Don and Sharon Gabrielson, about the care Don's mother received from Mayo[...]
On the Mayo Clinic Facebook page today, by a patient from Kansas City named Stephanie: I am a cancer patient at the Mayo clinic in[...]
We've highlighted the contributions of music to the healing environment at Mayo Clinic in some previous posts, but here's another video from last fall that[...]
Lynn Closway works in Mayo Clinic's Department of Public Affairs, and wrote this post as a spectator. For an account from one of Synchronicity's rowers,[...]
Well, I was right. The AZDBA dragon boat race competition last weekend was a success! Even better, Mayo Synchronicity took Gold in the Corporate team[...]
Barbara Porter is Assistant Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, Mayo Medical School. "Wow, Mommy, look at the big yellow and blue balloons," came a[...]
Pam N from Michigan submitted her story via email this week, saying: "I am sharing my Mayo Clinic story with you in hopes that it[...]