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.
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E. Rolland "Rollie" Dickson, M.D., a former member of Mayo Clinic's Board of Trustees, a physician in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the[...]
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